MADURAI/TRICHY: Madurai reported 14 new Covid-19 cases and 15 recoveries on Thursday pushing the number of active cases down to 145. The lone Covid-19 death in the southern region is a 63-year-old woman from Madurai. Meanwhile, Trichy reported 48 fresh cases and 54 discharges bringing down the number of active cases to 587 from 597 on Wednesday. Trichy also recorded a death pushing up the toll to 1,003, the highest in central TN.
Four students of the Government Siddha Medical College in Palayamkottai tested positive on Thursday. A disinfection drive was carried out at the medical college and hospital and samples were collected from more students.
The ten southern districts reported 134 fresh cases. The region has 130 recoveries and 1,328 active cases. Kanyakumari (25) has the highest number of fresh cases in the region, followed by Sivagangai (23), Ramanathapuram (2), Theni (8), Tenkasi (8) and Dindigul (9).
The nine central districts recorded 233 fresh cases on Thursday. Three deaths were recorded in Thanjavur and two in Pudukottai on Thursday taking the toll to 4,073 in the central region. The number of discharges remained 337 on Thursday. The active cases came down to 3,352 from 3,462 .
