Active Covid cases cross 2,000 in Madurai, Trichy

MADURAI/TRICHY: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Madurai crossed 2,000 to touch 2,193 on Wednesday, just two days after reaching the 1,000 mark. It is the highest in the district since June 18.
At 498 new cases on Wednesday, there was a marginal dip from the 512 cases recorded on Tuesday. Only 52 recoveries were recorded on the day. No Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the district over the last two days.
Trichy recorded a mild increase in fresh cases when it posted 444 as against 437 on Tuesday.The number of active cases in the district crossed 2,000 and touched 2,008 with the discharge of 47 patients.
A total of 2,296 new cases were recorded in the ten southern districts, the highest in the region in a day since June 13. Madurai was followed by Tirunelveli (451), Kanyakumari (388), Virudhunagar (311), Tuticorin (289) and Ramanathapuram (116). Tenkasi (9) recorded the least in the States. Dindigul (72), Sivaganga (75) and Theni (87) also added less than 100 new cases in the region.
The number of active cases in the region climbed to 8,902 with 414 recoveries. The two Covid-19 deaths recorded in the region include one each in Tuticorin and Kanyakumari.
The death toll in Trichy the district as well as the central region comprising nine districts remained unchanged with no casualty recorded. Meanwhile, the region reported 934 cases on Wednesday, down from 949 on Tuesday while active cases jumped to 4,285 from 3,516 during the period.