Summary:
On Thursday, Coimbatore reported 448 new cases and three deaths.
The district saw the discharge of 626 persons from different treatment centers.
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For a week in a row, the daily load of COVID-19 positive cases in Coimbatore district remained below 500 till Thursday.
Officials with the Health Department said the caseload was 550 on October 1, after which the number of daily cases remained below the 500 mark.
The Department attributes this as a sign of slow decline in the number of new infections.
On Thursday, Coimbatore reported 448 new cases and three deaths.
The district saw the discharge of 626 persons from different treatment centers.
Tiruppur district reported 173 fresh cases, taking the district’s tally to 9,499 cases.
Two persons aged 62 and 70 died.
On Thursday, 158 patients were discharged from various hospitals in the district.
In Salem district, 362 persons tested positive, including 226 in Salem Corporation limits.
Two patients returned from Chengalpet and Madurai.