Central region reports 1,518 cases

The central region reported 1,518 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest reported so far in the region on a single day. Tiruchi district reported the highest-ever single-day spike with 480

The central region reported 1,518 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, the highest reported so far in the region on a single day. Tiruchi district reported the highest-ever single-day spike with 480 patients reporting positive. Five deaths were reported - two in Pudukottai, and one each in Karur, Thanjavur and Tiruchi. A 46-year-old man, with no co-morbiditie,s and an 83-year-old man, with acute respiratory distress syndrome, succumbed to COVID-19 in Pudukottai. A 55-year-old woman from Karur with a history of diabetes, a 59-year-old woman from Thanjavur with a history of coronary artery disease, and a 62-year-old man from Tiruchi, with no pre-existing ailments, also died of the viral infection. Tiruchi district reported 480 fresh cases of COVID-19, the sharpest single-day spike reported. The district administration has pulled all stops to increase the number of beds to admit patients of the infection. Meanwhile, 30 final-year nursing students from private colleges in the district have been diverted to assist at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital. ‘We have deployed them on non-COVID duty, and diverted staff nurses at the MGMGH to COVID-19 wards. Their presence will come in handy when the staff nurses need days off, need to recuperate and other assistance,’ Dean, MGMGH, K. Vanitha said.