Coimbatore district records steady decline in daily Covid cases

COIMBATORE: In a relief to health workers and the public, daily Covid cases in Coimbatore has been recording a steady decline over the past few days.
In all probability, Coimbatore could have hit the peak and the spread is expected to subside further in the coming days, similar to the pattern seen in Chennai.
According to the health bulletin issued by the state government, Coimbatore reported 3,740 fresh cases on Wednesday, a fall from 3,763 cases recorded the previous day.Though the drop in fresh cases was only marginal, it indicated the trend of falling number of cases since Sunday. On January 23, the district recorded 3,912 cases, the highest single day tally in the current wave of Covid spread. Since then, the number of cases has been declining. However, the number of active cases has been on the rise. While there were 22,921 people undergoing treatment for Covid in January 23, the number rose to 27,037 people on Wednesday. This was because the number of people declared as recovered on daily basis has been lesser than those infected.
“Those people who got infected a week or 10 days back or getting recovered now. Since the number of people infected 10 days back was lesser, the number of recovered also remains lesser,” a health officer said. On Wednesday, 2,884 people recovered, according to the bulletin.
Fatality has also remained stagnant at two deaths per day. The bulletin said that a 84-year-old male admitted on January 19 and a 70-year-old male admitted on January 24 died.
The worrying factor, however, is the positivity rate. Coimbatore continues to top the state in positivity rate at 27.5 %, way ahead of other high prevalence districts like Chennai and Chengalpet.
Neighbouring Tirupur district however had a different trend of spike in daily Covid cases coupled with a high positivity rate. While the district had reported only 1,490 cases on Tuesday, it rose to 1,787 cases on Wednesday.