Coimbatore: The district recorded a marginal drop in daily Covid cases on Sunday, compared to the previous day, when it added 2,645 more cases.
However, there were almost double that number of people who were discharged after treatment on the day, accounting for 4,733 cases, which brought down the total active cases to 31,539.
Still, Coimbatore continued to be the district with the highest number of daily fresh cases, as well as total active cases.
Covid mortality was lesser than Chennai as Coimbatore reported 38 deaths against 50 in Chennai.
Though the situation seems to improve and Coimbatore has been recording a steady decline in the number of daily caseload – from 4,200-odd cases eight days ago – officials said the situation cannot be termed as under control yet.
Not just Coimbatore, the entire western Tamil Nadu seems to be a cause of concern.
Government data points out that on Sunday, 40% of the new cases reported from Tamil Nadu were from the eight western districts.
The eight districts – Coimbatore, Tirupur, Nilgiris, Salem, Erode, Namakkal, Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri accounted for 8,331 out of the 20,421 cases reported in the state.
Erode was closely behind Coimbatore with 1,694 cases, followed by Salem (1,071) and Tirupur (1,068).
Though the cases are dropping in some districts, the fall is not as remarkable as other districts.
Even in the number of active cases, the western zone had about 38% of the total active cases.
Even a small district with lesser healthcare infrastructure like Tirupur had 18,859 active cases, higher than bigger cities like Madurai and Trichy.
Covid deaths, though, appear to be lesser in the region.
Out of the 434 deaths reported across the state on Sunday, 108 were from the region, accounting for 24 %.
While Coimbatore reported the highest number of deaths, Salem was a close second with 34 deaths.
Health officials are closely monitoring the situation, especially in rural areas and taking efforts to bring down Covid transmission.