Nilgiris logs 538 Covid cases, 6 deaths

Udhagamandalam: The Nilgiris recorded its highest-ever single-day spike in Covid-19 cases on Sunday, when 538 people were tested positive for the virus, taking the tally to 18,491, of which 3,626 are active cases.
The Covid-19 toll also shot up to 88 with six patients succumbing to the virus. Five of the six deceased were men aged between 43 and 70 years.
With 387 patients getting discharged from various treatment centres on the day, the number of recovered patients has gone up to 14,777 in the hill retreat.
Of the 3626 active cases, 1,878 patients are in home quarantine, 1,340 in Covid care centres and the remaining patients are undergoing treatment in government hospitals.
Dr P Balusamy, deputy director of public health, Nilgiris, said they were testing all the primary and secondary contacts of positive cases in the containment zones. “Hence, there is an increase in the daily caseload. We hope the number of fresh cases would decline in another two to three days.”
He said the district administration has been enforcing Covid-19 norms strictly in containment zones. “People coming out of containment zones will be booked.”
Presently, the hill district has a stock of just 2,400 doses of vaccine for the population aged 45 years and above.