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COIMBATORE: Fresh Covid cases continued to surge steadily in the district with 1,866 people testing positive for the virus on Sunday.
With this, the district now has 8,752 people under treatment for the virus infection, the third highest in the state, next to Chennai and Chengalpet. However, fatality due to Covid appeared under control as only one death was reported. Meanwhile, 602 people were discharged on the day.
According to the bulletin issued by the directorate of public health and preventive medicine, out of the total 1,866 cases tested positive on Sunday, only four were infected by Omicron variant. Though the number of cases continued to rise, the number of samples tested continued to remain under 10,000 per day, resulting in the rise of positivity rate. As of Saturday, 9,459 samples were only tested in Coimbatore while the positivity rate remained at 18.3. The lone death was that of a 54-year-old man who suffered from diabetes. He was admitted on January 6 to the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital.
Health officials said that unlike the last two waves, the number of infected remained by and large the same in urban and rural pockets, with city reporting marginally higher number than rest of the district.
As many as three police officials attached to the Coimbatore city police tested positive for Covid.
Assistant commissioner of police Manikandan, Race Course police inspector Santhanamurthy and a head constable attached to the intelligence section of the city police tested positive for Covid on Sunday. They developed body pain and mild flu symptoms. They gave their samples on Saturday and they were tested positive on Sunday.
However, health officials said that they have put in place adequate measures including enough beds equipped with oxygen to tackle any emergency.
As many as seven cops attached to the Palladam police station in Tirupur district too tested positive in the last two days. Neighbouring Tirupur district saw a dip in number of fresh cases as it reported 619 new cases as against 667 cases on Saturday.
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