COIMBATORE: The district’s daily fresh cases and active cases continued to decline as the number of people recovering and returning home kept increasing.
As many as 2,236 fresh Covid cases were recorded on Thursday, taking the total number of cases to 1,97,601.
The number of people getting discharged was more than double the number of fresh cases at 5,057.
As a result, the number of active cases slid rapidly to 21,184.
The total number of people discharged stood at 1,74,759, taking the recovery rate to 88.44%.
The district recorded 20 deaths due to the virus, the lowest figure in a fortnight, taking the toll to 1,658.
The deaths on Thursday did not include anyone below 40.
The extent of the wave’s decline was visible in terms of number of beds available in hospitals.
On Thursday, there were 152 ventilator beds and 1,205 oxygen support beds available for patients, leaving 3,057 beds available.
This is a sea-change compared to May second, third and fourth weeks, when the number of oxygen beds and ventilator beds available were in single digits.
The number of beds in Covid care centres stood at 2,116.
The number of people in home isolation has dropped to 15,978.
The day also saw the city corporation issuing a statement dismissing rumours on WhatsApp of a major Covid-19 cluster breaking out in Nanjundapuram.
Authorities said that as part of fever and Covid-19 surveillance, they tested 650 people from the locality for Covid-19 over the last 10 days, of which 56 people tested positive.
“So, we began setting up containment zones in the locality and sent fever surveillance teams to visit houses to check if any of the residents had Covid-19 symptoms including fever, cough, cold, sore throat, diarrhoea or breathing issues,” said commissioner Kumaravel Pandian.
“We request the public not to believe rumours circulating on social media,” he said in a statement.