Coimbatore: The district’s Covid-19 tally zoomed past the 64,000-mark on Tuesday, when it logged 504 fresh cases. The active Covid cases also rose on the day to 4,520 even as 369 patients were discharged from treatment facilities. The district has so far seen 64,319 people testing positive for the virus.
There was, meanwhile, no mention of any Covid death in the district in the health bulletin on the day.
According to the health department, the district is likely to record 1,000 fresh cases a day in the next five days. Officials say this will not be the peak, which they suggest would be the double the number of cases that the district had seen earlier this week. If that is to be taken into account, there could be around 1,200 cases a day during the peak - the district had recorded more than 600 cases a day on Sunday and Monday - after which it would start reducing.