643 fresh Covid cases in Madurai, 471 in Trichy

MADURAI/TRICHY: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Madurai climbed to 4,170 after the district added more than 600 cases for the second consecutive day on Tuesday. Trichy recorded a dip with 471 fresh cases on Tuesday, lesser than the Monday’s number of 495. The number of active cases in Trichy district went up to 3,440.
The number of cases in Madurai district crossed the 4,000 mark after 218 days.The last time the district had more than 4,000 active cases was on June 14. It recorded 643 cases on Tuesday, which is the highest in a day since May 31 last year. The number of recoveries in the district also climbed to 461 on Tuesday.
The only Covid-19 death recorded in Madurai was a 61-year-old man. The two other deaths in the 10 southern districts are one each in Kanyakumari and Tuticorin districts.
A total of 3,351 new cases were added in the southern region on Tuesday as the region recorded more than 3,000 new cases for the second day in a row. Tuesday’s cases are the highest in the region in a day since June 6, last year.
The death toll in Trichy district shot up to 1,110 with three more casualties on Tuesday. The district discharged 338 patients. Trichy which had the highest number of positive cases of 83,887 discharged 79,337 patients so far.
Central region comprising nine districts including Trichy posted 1661 fresh cases. On Monday, the region added 1,530 cases to its count.
The region had 9,854 active cases higher than the Monday’s number of 8,987. The region discharged 796 patients on Tuesday. The death toll in the region went up to 4,569 from 4566.