This story is from June 15, 2021

Daily Covid-19 cases fall, but fatality count rises in Coimbatore

The slow but steady fall of Covid-19 cases in Coimbatore continued on Monday as the district reported 1,728 fresh cases.
Daily Covid-19 cases fall, but fatality count rises in Coimbatore
Daily Covid cases decline in Coimbatore. (Representative image)
COIMBATORE: The slow but steady fall of Covid-19 cases in Coimbatore continued on Monday as the district reported 1,728 fresh cases.
But the death count went up from 19 fatalities on Sunday to 27 on Monday, most of whom above 70 years of age including a 94-year-old male.
As many as 2,664 people recovered from Covid-19 on Monday, said the government bulletin, bringing down the number of active cases.

At present, there are 16,655 active cases in the district undergoing treatment in various private and government hospital as well as under home isolation.
The positivity rate, however, hovers around 22% as testing has been brought down to 7,618 samples a day.
Health officials said that most of the cases reported in the district were from rural areas as Covid cases have come down drastically in the city corporation limits. Among rural areas, Sulur, Karamadai, Madukkarai and Thondamuthur reported sizeable number of cases. Nevertheless, most of the containment zones – 545 out of 714, are within the Coimbatore corporation limits.

Health officials said that the Covid spread has been brought under control to a large extent over the past two weeks and the numbers would come down drastically in the next few days.
Bed and oxygen availability has also improved in government as well as private hospitals, said health officers.
In neighbouring Tirupur district too cases recorded a margin dip to 781 on Monday.
Meanwhile, Coimbatore and Tirupur districts inched towards old normal as more relaxations to lockdown were brought on Monday.
Vehicle movement had increased in city as well as rural areas as police appeared to be lenient than they were. Several tea shops and bakeries were open but restricted their service to only take-aways as government has not permitted dine–in facility. Call taxis and auto rickshaws could also be seen on the roads after a long time. Auto rickshaw drivers said that they didn’t not have much patronage but expected more people to step out of their houses in the coming days.
Two-wheeler mechanic shops were also open, but the mechanics too said that there were very few people who came to them on the day.
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