MLA tests +ve; virus toll up in dist, Tirupur

Coimbatore: AIADMK MLA Amman K Arjunan tested positive for Covid-19 and was admitted in ESI hospital on Sunday, the same day when both Coimbatore and Tirupur districts recorded two Covid-19 deaths each, taking the toll in Coimbatore to five and in Tirupur to three.
The 58-year-old MLA’s daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter, 11, had tested positive on June 30, soon after their return from Madurai where they had gone to participate in a private function.The three were hospitalised and the health department collected samples from Amman K Arjunan immediately. The MLA was rushed to ESI hospital as soon as his test results came. Officials have now started gathering information on the places he visited.
With respect to Covid-19 casualties, the two patients who died in Coimbatore include a 57-year-old man from Ganapathy and a 65-year-old man from Big Bazaar Street. The 57-year-old man had tested positive on June 28 and was admitted to ESI Hospital. “The patient had a known history of hypertension, type 2 diabetes and heart issues. He had fever and breathing difficulty on admission itself. He was given oxygen from the beginning. He initially stabilized, but sank on Saturday evening,” said a senior health department official.