891 fresh coronavirus cases recorded, 2,104 discharged

Coimbatore: The city corporation has finally launched vaccination for people above 18. The civic body’s Twitter handle announced that they have distributed 100 doses of Covishield to 43 of corporation schools so that people above 18 could get vaccinated. The camp will start at 10am.
Meanwhile, the district recorded just 891 fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 2,13,384. With 2,104 people getting discharged, the number of active cases fell below the 10,000-mark to 9,566. The number of people discharged stood at 2,01,907, taking the recovery rate to 94.6%.
The district also recorded 23 deaths due to the virus, taking the toll to 1,911. The victims included a 29-year-old man, who tested positive on May 23, and got hospitalized on May 26 with fever, cough and breathing difficulty. The man died after three weeks of treatment, on June 20. A 34-year-old man with diabetes and hypertension, who tested positive on June 6, got hospitalized more than a week later on June 14 due to breathlessness, died on June 20. His family said he had fever and cough for 21 days. A 44-year-old man with obesity admitted on June 11 died on Monday due to Covid-19 pneumonia.
As on Monday, 4,916 beds were available in Covid hospitals across the district.
Meanwhile, the corporation is providing Covid care kits to people and families in home isolation. They are handing over masks, gloves and hand sanitizers to help them follow the guidelines. Medical waste will be collected from them separately and handed over to an incinerator-operating firm.