1,993 cases, 21 deaths in south TN; 566 +ves in central dists

Madurai/ Trichy: The 10 southern districts of the state reported 1 ,993 fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday taking the tally to 43,582, which includes 14,970 active cases. The number of people discharged after recovery has climbed to 28,053. Twenty-one more deaths on Monday have taken the toll to 559.

Meanwhile, the central region of the state crossed 11,000 cases with the emergence of 566 new cases in the eight districts on Monday.

With this, the region’s tally has climbed to 11,072. The state bulletin also added two more Covid-19 deaths taking the toll to 119.

Madurai with 10,057 cases became the first district in the south to cross 10,000 cases. The district is the 4th in the state after Chennai (95,857), Chengalpattu (12,717) and Thiruvallur (12,320) to register more than 10,000 cases.

Tuticorin (349) recorded the highest number of cases on Monday, followed by Virudhunagar (338), Theni (280), Madurai (249), Kanyakumari (239), Tirunelveli (191), and Dindigul (133).

Virudhunagar (6,302) is the second after Madurai to cross 6,000 cases. Theni (4,053) crossed 4,000 cases and has the 4th highest total Covid-19 cases in the region. Tenkasi with 1,794 cases continues with less than 2,000 cases.

Madurai and Virudhunagar districts each reported six deaths. Other districts that reported Covid-19 deaths are Tenkasi (3), Ramanathapuram (2), Sivagangai (2), Theni (1) and Dindigul (1). At least five of the Covid-19 deaths reported in the region were suffering from chronic kidney disease. Overall death rare in the region is 1.28%. In the central region, a 79-year-old man from Trichy and a 60-year-old man from Nagappattinam died at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital (MGMGH) in Trichy and government headquarters hospital in Nagappattinam on July 26.

Most of the positive cases were from Trichy and Thanjavur. While Trichy recorded 188 cases, Thanjavur registered 153 cases. The total positive cases in Trichy and Thanjavur were 3,604 and 2,160. Trichy (59) also had the highest number of casualties in the region.

Pudukottai also started reporting more number of Covid-19 cases daily. The district recorded 98 cases on Monday. The district health officials said that cases were reported from various parts of the district and over one third of them were contacts of those who tested positive. The total district tally is 1,715.

Covid-19 cases were also reported in Tiruvarur (67), Ariyalur (48), Perambalur (21), Nagapattinam (22), and Karur (7).