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COIMBATORE: The district recorded 270 fresh cases of Covid-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number of cases to 2,25,889. With 414 people getting discharged, the number of active cases was at 3,629.
The total number of people cured went up to 2,20,144, taking the recovery rate to 97.4%. The district however recorded eight deaths, the highest count in a week, taking the toll to 2,116.
Though daily fresh cases have reduced drastically to 5% of the peak and positivity rate to less than 3%, the health department is continuing to follow all Covid-19 prevention protocol, including earmarking containment zones.
At present, the district has 94 containment zones. Of them, 44 are spread across rural areas, including 10 in Sulur, nine in Karamadai, and six in Thudiyalur.