MADURAI/TRICHY: Madurai district added 24 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, while Trichy added 43. Madurai reported 18 recoveries 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, of which Madurai was the only district to add more than 20 new cases. Kanyakumari (19), Sivagangai (16) and Tuticorin (14) are the other districts that added more than 10 cases.
With four cases each Virudhunagar and Tenkasi recorded the least, followed by five cases each in Theni and Ramanathapuram, Dindigul (6) and Tirunelveli (9). The region had 160 recoveries with the number of recoveries outnumbering new cases in eight districts.
The three Covid-19 deaths recorded in the region include two in Dindigul and one in Ramanathapuram. A 72-year-old woman from Dindigul who did not have comorbid conditions was admitted to the medical college hospital on October 7. She tested positive two days later and died on October 17.
A 54-year-old woman from Ramanathapuram with hypothyroidism got admitted to the Government Rajaji hospital in Madurai on October 18 and died the following day. A 63-year-old woman from Dindigul with diabetes was admitted on October 7, tested positive the next day and died on October 16.
In the central region, Thanjavur (55) reported the most number of cases followed by Trichy, Tiruvarur (22), Nagapattinam (15), Karur (15) and Pudukottai (10). Ariyalur (2), Perambalur (4) and Mayiladuthurai (8) reported less than 10 cases each. Thanjavur (677) also has the most number of active cases, followed by Trichy, Tiruvarur (446), Nagapattinam (209) and Pudukottai (139). Five deaths were reported in the region with two each in Trichy and Thanjavur and one in Ariyalur
