Salem leads west TN’s Covid-19 tally

Salem: The district retained the top spot in the Covid-19 list when compared to the other districts in western Tamil Nadu with 25 new cases, including 16 indigenous, on Wednesday.
“We have 256 positive cases. Of them, 193 people were discharged and 62 are active cases who are getting treatment in the Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital (SGMKMCH).A woman died of Covid-19,” said deputy director of health Dr J Nirmalson. “Of the 16 new cases, six were from Salem and rest had returned from Chennai.”
Dharmapuri district recorded 10 new cases including one imported case. The district had 20 cases and 11 were discharged. “We have 19 active cases, who are getting treatment at the Dharmapuri Government Medical College and Hospital,” said collector S Malarvizhi. “Five of them came from Chennai and one from Bengaluru.”
Three new cases were reported from Krishnagiri district. “We had 41 cases and currently has 44 cases,” said collector S Prabhakar.
Namakkal district, which had 90 cases, added two on Wednesday. “We have 10 active cases in the government hospital,” said collector K Megraj.
Meanwhile, Coimbatore has 189 cases with two new cases while Tiruppur had no new case on Wednesday. The Nilgiris district reported five new cases.