Steep rise in cases
The Hindu
The central region reported 934 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. No death from the region was reported in the bulletin issued by the State Health Department for the day. The number of cases conti
The central region reported 934 fresh cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday. No death from the region was reported in the bulletin issued by the State Health Department for the day. The number of cases continued to witness a significant increase in Tiruchi. A total of 444 patients reported positive for the viral infection in the district, and 96 in Thanjavur.
Perambalur district, where less than five fresh cases were being reported less than a few weeks ago, 93 were reported. Karur and Tiruvarur districts reported 58 fresh cases, each.
In Nagapattinam, 57 patients reported positive, and in Ariyalur, 49. Mayiladuthurai registered 41 cases, and Pudukottai, 38, the least in the region on Wednesday.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.