Madurai reports 605 Covid cases, Trichy 732

MADURAI/TRICHY: Madurai reported 605 new Covid-19 cases, 4,906 active cases, 581 recoveries and four deaths on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the central region comprising nine districts posted 3,186 fresh cases on Tuesday. Thanjavur’s fresh cases came down to 1,104 on Tuesday from 1,117. Trichy recorded 732 cases on Tuesday.
Four more deaths recorded in the southern region are in Virudhunagar, Kanyakumari, Theni and Ramanathapuram.
A total of 4,777 new cases were recorded in the southern region. Kanyakumari (1,217) recorded the highest, followed by Tirunelveli (662), Madurai (605), Virudhunagar (519), Theni (455), Tenkasi (444), Tuticorin (396), Dindigul (173), Ramanathapuram (170) and Sivagangai (136).
The number of recoveries in the southern region on Tuesday was 3,336. The number of active cases in the region climbed to 31,529.
The number of active cases in Thanjavur touched 6,179. Trichy counted 4,847 active cases on Tuesday. The region recorded five deaths on Tuesday with one casualty each in Karur, Nagapattinam, Pudukottai, Thanjavur and Trichy.