Coronavirus cases cross 2500-mark in Salem district

SALEM: The number of Covid-19 cases has crossed 2500-mark in Salem district on Wednesday even as 99 cases were reported on the day.
Of the 99 cases, 58 were from the Salem municipal corporation (SMC), nine from Magudanchavadi, five from Pethanaickenpalayam, four each from Veerapandi and Sankari, two each from Edappadi, Attur, Gangavalli, one each from Omalur, Nangavalli, Thalaivasal, Vazhapadi.Five people who had returned from Kallakurichi and three from Erode district and one person from Andhra Pradesh to the district also tested positive.
While the total cases reached 2,560 on Wednesday, the number of people discharged from the hospital went up to 1, 697, including 91 people discharged from hospitals in the district on Wednesday.
Following the spike in cases, health officials from SMC had started door-to-door checking of people for Covid symptoms from July 2. “Around 7.6 lakh people from 1.9 lakh houses were covered. During the drive, 2,330 people exhibited virus symptoms and of them 78 were tested positive till date,” corporation commissioner R Sadheesh said.
Meanwhile, Krishnagiri district recorded all-time high of 69 cases in a single day on Wednesday. With this, the district reported a total of 520 cases. Of them, 243 were active cases found active.
Namakkal district, which already had 354 cases, added 41 new cases on Wednesday. Erode district reported six new cases taking the total cases to 512 and total cases in Dharmapuri district increased by seven to 486 on Wednesday.