Coimbatore: At least 649 people were tested positive for Covid-19 in the district, which continues to top the state in the daily caseload despite the significant drop in the fresh cases, on Sunday.
The number of active cases has come down to 5,608, with 1,156 patients getting discharged from various hospitals and Covid care centres on the day.While the district has seen 2,17,828 people testing positive for the virus so far, 2,10,210 of them have recovered.The Covid-19 toll rose to 2010, with the state including seven more fatalities that occurred in the district in the bulletin.
Among the deceased were a 49-year-old man without any comorbidities who died of pneumonia in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) three days after admission on Wednesday and a 50-year-old man with type 2 diabetes mellitus who also died of pneumonia in CMCH two days after the hospitalization on June 20.The ICU bed occupancy rate in the district has come down significantly in the past couple of days.
As per the media bulletin, 390 of the of 846 ICU beds, 2,919 of the 4,476 oxygen beds and 2,199 of the 2,729 ordinary beds are vacant in hospitals.
In Covid care centres, 3,822 of the 4,853 beds are vacant.A senior health official said 50% of beds was vacant in hospitals and Covid care centre as the recovery rate has increased significantly in the district.
“We have decided not to close any Covid care centre and reduce the number of beds as a precautionary measure.”Neighbouring Tirupur district, meanwhile, logged 316 fresh cases of Covid-19 on the day, taking the tally to 81,442, of which 1,911 are active cases.
The district also reported six Covid deaths.
With this, the toll has gone up to 744.