MADURAI/TRICHY: The number of new Covid-19 cases recorded in Madurai dropped to 17 on Saturday from 19 on Friday.
With 24 recoveries, the number of active cases in the district also dropped to 223. Madurai continues to be the only district in the southern region to have more than 200 active cases. Meanwhile, Trichy district recorded 45 fresh cases and 474 active cases.
The new cases recorded in the ten southern districts dropped below 100 once against after three days, as the region added 97 cases on Saturday. All the districts added reported less than 20 cases each.
Tenkasi (2), Theni (4) and Virudhunagar (6) are the other districts in the region that reported less than 10 cases. The region recorded 125 recoveries. The number of active cases in the southern region came below 1,200 for the first time since March 31. Five districts continue to have less than 100 active cases.
The central region recorded an increase in the number of fresh cases for the second consecutive day on Saturday. The nine districts including Trichy posted 201 fresh cases with Thanjavur recording 54 cases, while Pereambalur registering only one case.
