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A health staff takes the COVID-19 vaccine from a cold storage point in Salem to the Government Hospital in Mettur on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E A total of 16,520 doses of COVID-19 vaccine that the district received were distributed among the government hospitals and primary health centres in the district on Wednesday. Health department officials said vaccination was being done at the Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital, Mettur Government Headquarters Hospital, government hospitals at Edappadi, Attur, Valapadi and Omalur and at the 40 primary health centres (PHCs) across the district free of cost. Since adequate stock was available at the hospitals and PHCs, people have been asked to get vaccinated.
Coimbatore district adds 111 new cases
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Coimbatore on Wednesday reported 111 new cases of COVID-19, the lowest daily caseload it had in the last several months.
The district had 1,051 patients under institutional care on Wednesday.
According to the Health Department, 109 persons from the district recovered from the disease and got discharged from hospitals on Wednesday.
The district s death toll increased to 632 after an 84-year-old man succumbed to COVID-19 at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital on Tuesday.
Tiruppur district had 567 COVID-19 patients under institutional care on Wednesday, including the 70 persons who tested positive for the disease on the day. As many as 47 persons from the district returned to their homes after recovering from the disease on Wednesday.