Covid cases witness rise in south, central Tamil Nadu

MADURAI/TRICHy: The number of new Covid-19 cases in Madurai climbed to 19 on Monday, the highest in 73 days. The last time the district recorded more daily cases was on October 23. The district reported only five recoveries and the number of active cases climbed to 90.
Positivity rate of the district has climbed to 0.4% from 0.2% last week. No Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Madurai for the fifth day in a row.
Meanwhile, Trichy’s fresh cases rose to 27 from 19 on Sunday.The number of active cases also went up to 159 on Monday from 144. The district discharged only seven patients on Monday and there was no casualty.
A total of 170 new cases were recorded in the ten southern districts of Tamil Nadu on Monday, which is the highest since August 9. Kanyakumari (47) has recorded the highest number of new cases, followed by Tuticorin (36), Virudhunagar (24), Madurai (19) and Tirunelveli (17). Theni (3), Tenkasi (4), Ramanathapuram (5), Dindigul (6) and Sivagangai (9) added less than 10 cases each.
Only 46 recoveries were recorded in the region on Monday with new cases outnumbering the number of recoveries in all the 10 districts. The number of active cases in the southern region climbed to 862 from 740. The number of active cases in Theni that was less than 10 over the last 26 days has climbed to 11 on Monday. The district has the least number of active cases in the region.
The number of districts with more than 100 active cases climbed to four from only one district (Kanyakumari) on December 31. Tuticorin (199) has the highest number of active cases in the region, followed by Kanyakumari (195), Virudhunagar (123) and Tirunelveli (103). No Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the southern region for the fourth day in a row.
The nine central districts including Trichy recorded 71 fresh cases. The number of active cases in the region also shot up to 501 from 479. The region discharged 44 patients.