Coimbatore: Five weeks after daily fresh Covid-19 cases breached the 2,000-mark during the second wave, the district saw cases fall below 2,000 to 1,982 on Saturday.
The district had recorded more than 2,000 fresh cases for the first time on May 5.The day also saw the total cases cross the two-lakh mark to 2,01,644.
With 2,283 people getting discharged, the number of active cases fell to 18,274.
The total number of people discharged stood at 1,81,654 and the recovery rate at 90.08%.The district also recorded 27 deaths due to the virus, taking the toll to 1,716.
The deaths included a 37-year-old man who got admitted on June 3, four days after testing positive complaining of fever and cough.
He died on Friday.
He did not have comorbidities.The health department received 19,000 doses of Covishield on Friday, which were administered on Saturday to frontline workers of Coimbatore corporation and workers belonging to the high-risk category.Shortage of vaccines also led to scuffle breaking out at the Pappanaickenpalayam school, where vaccines were administered for people above 45 years.
There were long queues from 8am to collect tokens and get the jab.
When cops on duty said the counter was closed as vaccines were over, people got into verbal argument with them.
“Why do you have a rule to vaccinate only 100 or 150 people a day when so many of us are waiting? You need to bring more vaccine to the centre as demand goes up,” a visitor said.After a lean day, at centres like Cheran Managar High School also, vaccines got over by 9.35am, and again only Covaxin was administered, said a visitor.