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67 new positive cases and two deaths recorded
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The districts in the central region on Sunday recorded a significant drop in COVID-19 cases with a total of 67 patients testing positive as against 92 cases on Saturday. Two deaths, both in Thanjavur, were reported.
A 72-year-old man who had been suffering from diabetes, and a 57-year-old woman with a history of coronary artery disease died at the Thanjavur Medical College Hospital.
Tiruchi reported 20 fresh cases, while Thanjavur accounted for 16 patients. Most patients who tested positive were local index cases, asymptomatic patients and their contacts. Two patients who had been undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Tiruchi Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Government Hospital were discharged after recovering from the viral infection.
Girl’s father, four others arrested In a suspected case of honour killing, a youth who was in love with an intermediate caste girl was murdered here on Wednesday allegedly by her family.
Sources said J. Hariharan, 24, of Therku Theru, ran a barbershop. He had been in love with a college student of Kamaraj Nagar for about two years. Even after she stopped talking to him after being pulled up by her parents, he pursued her.
To warn him off, the girl’s father S. Velan and his relatives summoned Hariharan and his father Jayaraman to a place near a temple. Velan’s relatives allegedly attacked Hariharan. One of them attacked him with a knife, injuring him on the ribs and the spinal cord. He was rushed to the Government Medical College Hospital, where he died.