Coimbatore: The district recorded a slight dip in Covid-19 cases, with only 996 people declared positive on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases past the 75,000-mark to 75,293.
Though 745 people were discharged, the number of active cases inched closer to the 7,000-mark at 6,948. The district also recorded one death due to the virus, taking the toll to 717. The victim was a 29-year-old man, who suffered from obesity, and died three days after testing positive at the Coimbatore Medical College Hospital due to bilateral bronchopneumonia and respiratory disease.
Over the last one week, the number of cases the city corporation accounted has grown from 59% on Monday to 60.97% on Tuesday. Within the civic body, the north zone, which consists of Ganapathy, Kavundampalayam and surrounding area, reported the highest number of cases at 166. However, the east zone continued to have the most number of active cases at 1,132. The civic body accounted for 628 of the 996 fresh cases. Of the p