MADURAI: Madurai reported 16 new Covid-19 cases, 19 recoveries and one death on Sunday pushing down the number of active cases to 281.
The lone casualty was a 71-year-old woman with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Meanwhile, Trichy counted 541 active cases as it discharged 57 recovered patients and reported 50 fresh cases. The district recorded no deaths.
South Tamil Nadu reported 116 new cases on Sunday. Kanyakumari (283) has the highest number of active cases in the region. Kanyakumari recorded 21 fresh Covid-19 cases, the highest in the region. Barring Tenkasi (2), Theni (8), Ramanathapuram (9) and Virudhunagar (9) all other southern districts also reported fresh cases in double digits. Covid cases were also reported in Dindigul (14), Tuticorin (13), Tirunelveli (12), and Sivagangai (11). Except Tenkasi (30), all other southern districts have more than 100 active Covid-19 cases.
The nine central districts reported 235 fresh cases on Sunday. The number was 244 on Saturday. The region was also witnessing a steady decrease of the fresh cases for the past few days. The number of active cases was also slowly decreasing as it counted 3,239 cases on Sunday, which was 3,272 on Saturday. Total recoveries in the region was 260 on Sunday.
The region recorded eight deaths taking the toll to 4,326.
