Covid cases triple in a fortnight in Nilgiris

Udhagamandalam: Within a fortnight, the number of daily fresh cases and active cases of Covid-19 have tripled in the district while the recovery rate has dipped by 10%.
The number of new cases of Covid-19 reported on May 3 stood at 105. On Monday, the hill district reported 371 new cases of the virus.
Similarly, the number of active cases reported on May 3 was 587 while the same crossed the 2,000-mark on Monday to 2,126.
On Monday, the tally also crossed the 13,000-mark to 13,087 even as the total number of patients discharged so far stood at 10,901. The district also reported a death due to Covid-19 on the day.

A 63-year-old man from Coonoor taluk succumbed to the virus in a private hospital in Coimbatore.
Of the active cases, as many as 647 patients are under home quarantine.

“Out of 84 patients taking treatment at the Ooty Medical College and Hospital, 34 are under oxygen support,” deputy director of public health Dr P Balusamy said. “Most of the guest workers and their families residing in various tea estates in Ooty and Gudalur blocks are testing positive for the virus,” the health official said. “In the Gudalur area, travelling history is the main cause for the transmission of the virus.”