Five Covid deaths recorded in 24hrs

Coimbatore: The daily Covid-19 case count came down from 235 on Monday to 224 on Tuesday, while the number of deaths due to the virus rose to six from one on the respective days.
A total 217 patients were discharged after treatment on Tuesday in the district, reducing the number of active cases to 2,234 active cases. So far, 2,31,633 people were infected in the district, of which 2,27,200 were discharged after treatment.
On Tuesday, two cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) were reported in the district. So far, 456 people have been infected with the disease in the district.
In the past one month, 36 new cases of black fungus were reported in the district.
Dean of Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) A Nirmala said that mucormycosis or black fungus cases are coming down. At present, we have 67 active cases under treatment which was over 170 till last month, Nirmala said.
In Tirupur district, 71 fresh cases were reported on Tuesday, taking the tally to 88,676. The district recorded five Covid deaths on the day. With 79 patients getting discharged after treatment, there are 848 active cases in the district.