Coimbatore: The district’s Covid-19 curve continued to climb and reached a new high, with 1,566 fresh cases on Monday. It took the total number of cases to 82,689.
With 1,063 people discharged, the number of active cases crossed the 8,000-mark to reach 8,188. With 73,772 people getting cured, the recovery rate stood at 89.2%.
The district also recorded three deaths due to the virus, taking the toll to 729. The deaths included a 44-year-old man, who died three days after hospitalization and a 51-year-old man, who died after four days of hospitalization in Coimbatore Medical College Hospital (CMCH) on Saturday due to bilateral bronchopneumonia, despite having no comorbidities. The third victim was a 72-year-old man, who died after three days of hospitalization in CMCH.
Two murdered near Sulur
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Two persons were murdered in a fight between two groups near Sulur here on Tuesday.
The police said M. Vasanth (30) from Kakkan Nagar near Singanallur and his relative Mahesh succumbed to stab injuries they suffered in a fight with another group at Bharathipuram near Sulur.
According to the police, Vasanth, Mahesh and Prem were confronted by their relative Saravanan of Bharathipuram and four others at Palapalayam around 9.30 p.m. on Tuesday. The five men, including Saravanan’s brother Sathish, assaulted the trio.
Mahesh had picked up a quarrel with Saravanan, also his relative, late on Monday suspecting that the latter was involved in the pelting of stones at his house. As a retaliation, Saravanan, Sathish, Hari, Dinesh and Srinath waylaid the two-wheeler travelled by Vasanth, Mahesh and Prem on Tuesday morning and assaulted them. While Vasanth died on the spot, Mahesh succumbed to injuries later.
All the government hospitals together have 449 beds vacant
With Coimbatore district seeing a steady increase in the number of COVID-19 cases, several hospitals, especially the ones in the private sector, run at full capacity.
As per the data shared by the district administration, 18 out of 50-odd private hospitals in Coimbatore had their beds allocated for COVID-19 patients occupied on Sunday and Monday. Several other private hospitals had less than 10 such beds remaining vacant.
A private medical college hospital had its 420 beds dedicated for COVID-19 treatment occupied from May 1. Another private hospital had its 267 beds reserved for COVID-19 occupied from Sunday.
Cases tally so far in the Nilgiris crosses the 10,000 mark
A total of 1,566 persons tested positive for COVID-19 in Coimbatore district on Monday, registering the highest single day case load so far.
Three more deaths took the toll in the district so far to 729. The Health Department said three men aged 44,51 and 72 died of the disease at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on May 1.
According to the district administration, swab samples collected from 7,970 persons were subjected to COVID-19 test on Monday.
Active cases in the district stood at 8,188 on Monday and 1,420 persons were in home isolation. A total of 1,063 persons recovered from the disease on Monday.
Vaccine supply to private centres stopped from April 30
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Two major hospitals in Coimbatore shut vaccination centres
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Two major hospitals in Coimbatore shut vaccination centres Owing to limited allocation of COVID-19 vaccines from Chennai, the Health Department stopped from April 30 the supply of Covishield and Covaxin to vaccination centres run by private hospitals in Coimbatore district.
A Health Department official said that the limited stocks of vaccines it received were supplied to vaccination centres in government hospitals, including medical college hospitals and primary health centres.
The official also said that there was no clear information on when the district would receive adequate doses to continue supply to the private centres.