Madurai / Trichy: Madurai District added 24 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, while Trichy added 43.
Madurai reported 18 recovery and 227 active cases, while Trichy reported 475 active cases and two deaths.
A total of 106 new cases were recorded in the ten southern districts, the Madurai was the only district to add more than 20 new cases.
Kanyakumari (19), Sivagaai (16) and Tuticorin (14) are other districts that add more than 10 cases.
With four cases of each Virudhunagar and Tenkasi at least recorded, followed by five cases each in Theni and Ramanathapuram, Dindigul (6) and Tirunelveli (9).
The region has 160 recovery with the amount of recovery exceeding the number of new cases in eight districts.
Three Covid-19 deaths recorded in this region cover two in Dindigul and one in Ramanathapuram.
A 72-year-old woman from Dindigul who did not have a comorbid condition was accepted at the Medical College hospital in October 7.
He tested positive two days later and died on October 17.
The 54-year-old woman from Ramanathapuram with hypothyroidism was recognized to the Rajaji government hospital in Madurai on October 18 and died the next day.
A 63-year-old woman from Dindigul with diabetes was received on October 7, positively tested the following day and died on October 16.
In the central area, Thanjavur (55) reported the number of cases followed by Trichy, Tiruvarur (22)), Nagapattinam (15), Karur (15) and Pulagottai (10).
Ariyalur (2), scrambling (4) and Mayiladuthurai (8) each reported less than 10 cases.
Thanjavur (677) also has the highest number of active cases, followed by Trichy, Tiruvarur (446), Nagapattinam (209) and Pulagottai (139).
Five deaths were reported in this region with two each in Trichy and Thanjavur and one in Ariyalur