Coimbatore: While the pandemic situation seemed to get better in cities like Chennai and Madurai, it turned gloomier than ever on Sunday in Coimbatore.
There were 3,944 fresh Covid-19 cases detected in Coimbatore. It was not only the highest ever in Coimbatore, but the highest any district other than Chennai reported in Tamil Nadu. Making the situation worse, the number of people diagnosed with mucormycosis (black fungus) also increased to 12 as one more person got admitted with the infection on Sunday.
With a far lesser number of people treated and discharged from hospitals than the number of people infected every day, the number of active cases too continued to grow exponentially.
Coimbatore: The district recorded 3,165 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 1,34,912. Despite 2,377 people getting discharged on the day, again highest in a day, the number of active cases crossed the grim figure of 30,000 to touch 30,104.
The total number of people cured rose to 1,03,809, keeping the recovery rate at 76.9%.
Thirty-two people died due to the virus, which is the highest number of deaths declared in a single day, taking the toll to 999. Of the 32 people declared dead, four were in the 40s, five in the 50s and nine in the 60s.
As per the media bulletin, there are 401 ordinary beds, 22 free oxygen beds and one ICU bed. However, finding a bed for even non-oxygen requiring patients turned out to be an uphill task on Saturday. Some patients waited at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital for seven hours for a bed, only to be refused. With more beds being added in Covid care centres, there are 539 vacant beds.
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A total of 3,944 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Coimbatore district on Sunday, registering the highest single day caseload.
The district had 31,578 active cases of the disease on Sunday and around 19,600 patients were remaining in home isolation. Meanwhile, 2,454 persons recovered from the disease on Sunday.
The district’s death toll increased to 1,020 after 21 more persons died of COVID-19 in the last few days.
Different hospitals in Coimbatore district together had 489 beds reserved for COVID-19 patients vacant as of Sunday evening. COVID Care Centres (CCCs) in the district had 574 vacant beds.
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