Coimbatore: Though ministers visiting the district have been trumpeting the rapid decline in cases and positivity rate, Coimbatore at 29.9% recorded the highest positivity rate in the state between June 1 and 7.
This means that until as recently as Monday, nearly one out of every three people tested were positive.
Though it is a sizeable drop from the previous week’s high of 36%, the figure is a cause of worry for administrators.Data shows that the district tested 67,042 people for the virus during the period, of which 20,055 tested positive.
The district, which reported the second and third highest positivity rates since May third week, topped the table for the first time on Monday.
Surprisingly, Tirupur which topped the table at 38.1% in May last week, has managed to bring down the numbers drastically to 24.9%, taking up the second spot.“With cases declining, the positivity rate is also declining.
In fact, it has come down to 26% in the last few days,” said collector S Nagarajan.
“There are no clusters coming up and cases from all sources are being brought under control.
Primary contacts are also being tested and isolated even if results are yet to arrive.”To further bring down positivity rate, administrators have chosen to follow Chennai’s model.
“Coimbatore corporation’s results are very encouraging.
They have brought it down to 16%.
We have already begun following Chennai corporation’s model in our rural areas which includes fever surveillance and early isolation,” said the collector.
“We have assigned one person to survey every 100 households for fever cases daily, and thus 3,200 volunteers for 3.4 lakh households,” he added.Meanwhile, the district recorded 62 deaths, the highest single day death toll since the pandemic began in March 2020.
The total toll shot up to 1,638.
The deaths included four people in their 30s a 33-year-old man and a 32-year-old man who died three days and 11 days after hospitalization respectively at CMCH, a 31-year-old man who died two hours after admission at ESI Hospital and a 37-year-old diabetic, who died two days after hospitalization.As many as 2,319 fresh cases were recorded on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 1,95,362.
With 4,992 people getting discharged, the number of active cases fell below the 25,000-mark to 24,022.
With 1,69,702 people getting cured, the recovery rate rose to 86.8%.Rural development minister K R Periyakaruppan inspected the Covid care centre at Tejaa Shakthi College and interacted with patients.
He also visited a medical camp and interacted with residents of Vinobhaji Nagar.