‘Mortality rate in the Nilgiris lowest in State’

Forests Minister reviews COVID-19 preparedness in the district

Forests Minister K. Ramachandran said here on Friday that the mortality rate from COVID-19 in the Nilgiris was among the lowest in the State, with only 0.5 % of all people who tested positive dying of the infection. Mr. Ramachandran reviewed measures being taken to control the spread of the disease in the district. He told reporters later that 11,699 people had tested positive for COVID-19 in the Nilgiris so far. While 10,529 of them had recovered, 1,119 were undergoing treatment. He said 59 people had died of the disease in the district so far, which put the mortality rate at 0.5 %. He said the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus was the most in Udhagamandalam and Gudalur, with both taluks having 442 and 349 active cases respectively. Coonoor and Kotagiri were witnessing relatively fewer cases.