Coimbatore: District recorded 498 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, taking the total case of 2,20,005.
With 922 people out, the number of active cases fell to 3,805 people.
The total number of people healed so far grew to 2,14,149, taking the recovery rate to 97.33%.
The district also recorded 10 deaths because of the virus that took the victim to 2,051.
“We are looking for ways to increase it to 12,500 samples a day and ensure the level of participants remain below 5%,” said a senior health department official.
On Thursday, the level of participation reached 4.4%.
Excluding peposititives is very important because it remains below 5% allowing state government to eliminate locking and almost all industrial restrictions, commercial companies, offices and public places.
Dist Log 498 Covid Case
