Dist logs 223 Covid cases, five deaths

Coimbatore: The district recorded 223 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Saturday, even as 197 patients were discharged from various treatment centres. While 2,32,527people were tested positive for the virus in the district till date, 2,27,978 of them recovered. Presently, the district has 2,380 active Covid cases. The toll, meanwhile, rose to 2,217, with the state including five more fatalities that occurred in the district in the bulletin.
In neighbouring Tirupur, 94 people were tested positive for the virus on the day, taking the tally to 89,029, of which 87,224, including the 76 patients who were discharged from various hospitals and Covid care centres on the day, have recovered. There are 920 active Covid cases in Tirupur now. Two deaths, meanwhile, took the Covid toll in the district to 885. tnn