Coimbatore: The district recorded 671 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday.
With 1,263 people getting discharged, the number of active cases fell to 6,122.With the total number of people cured increasing to 2,09,054, the recovery rate increased to 96.2%.
With nine deaths recorded on Saturday, the toll crossed the 2,000-mark to 2,003.With reports of some people in Tamil Nadu infected with the delta plus variant of the virus, the Coimbatore health department sent around 150 nasal swabs for genome sequencing.
While 125 swabs were sent for sequencing three weeks ago, 25 were sent on Monday, said deputy director of public health Dr Senthil Kumar.
The department also tested large groups of people at public places, including 100 people at Poo Market and 200 at the Mettupalayam potato market.Issues of distribution of tokens for vaccination in government schools continued on Saturday with political party members interfering in the process.
While corporation commissioner Raja Gopal had issued an order that only corporation staff must distribute tokens, issues regarding token distribution continued in rural areas.On Saturday morning, when Ashokapuram Primary School was allotted 400 doses of Covishield, people began queueing up from 3am to collect tokens for vaccination.
Token distribution began around 7.25am.
“Issues began when some DMK members, who were distributing the tokens, said only 350 doses were available for the public, and the remaining were for frontline workers,” said a resident.
The panchayat president, an AIADMK member, turned up, creating a ruckus.By 7.45am, even from the 350 tokens, not all were given to the public.
“While they distributed tokens till number 270, the next token issued was 320,” the resident said.DMK members tried to pacify the public stating that the 400 doses were allotted to Ashokapuram Panchayat after a lot of negotiation.
They promised those who were left out a slot during the next camp.