COVID-19| Coimbatore reports 223 cases, five deaths
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Coimbatore district on Saturday reported 223 new cases of COVID-19, registering a slight decrease from Friday’s 236 cases. The Health Department said the district had 2,380 active cases on Saturday and 197 persons had recovered. Five more persons from the district died of COVID-19 on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, taking the official toll to 2,217. The district had a test positivity rate of 1.9 % on Friday, when 12,311 swab samples were subjected to testing and 236 persons tested positive.More Related News
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