135 ACTIVE CORONA CASES IN THE NILGIRIS NOW..
(article in today’s The New Indian Express)
827 DISCHARGED IN THE NILGIRIS
P S SUNDAR @ Coonoor
The Nilgiris Collector Innocent Divya said on Monday night that seven persons tested positive during the day taking the total infected to 965.
As many as 24 were discharged on Monday taking the total discharged to 827.
Since three persons had died earlier, the active cases under treatment now are 135.
Of the seven reporting positive on Monday, two living in Kotagiri are contacts of a person who had attended wedding in Thangadu Oranalli village.
A male aged 24 in Sholur is a contact of a person from Madurai who had already tested positive.
A male aged 58in Gudalur has returned from Coimbatore.
A male aged 28 tested in Coonoor belongs to Coimbatore and is likely to be included in that district’s list.
Two persons tested in Nedugula are likely to be shifted to Coimbatore district’s list.