Summary:
The eight districts in the Western region saw 1,670 COVID-19 positive cases and 14 deaths on Tuesday. Distribution of free masks to 7, 19,508 lakh family cardholders comprising 40, 87,588 members began at 1,132 fair price shops .
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The eight districts in the Western region saw 1,670 COVID-19 positive cases and 14 deaths on Tuesday.
Six persons died in Salem district, four in Erode, two in Tiruppur and one each in Coimbatore and Namakkal.
The death of a 33-year-old man took the toll so far to 425.
With 572 fresh cases, Coimbatore district’s tally rose to 31,489 on Tuesday.
A total of 25,908 patients have recovered and 5,156 were undergoing treatment.
On Tuesday, 534 patients were discharged.
Of the 343 new cases reported in Salem district, 339 were indigenous.
Four patients had returned from Dharmapuri, Namakkal, Chennai and Tiruchi.
The disease claimed the lives of six persons aged 60, 45, 56, 68, 58, and 60.
Tiruppur district’s tally crossed the 8,000 mark with the 153 new cases reported on Tuesday.