27 more cases take tally to 1,291 in dist

Coimbatore: The district recorded 27 more cases of covid-19 on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 1,291 . Though the bulletin says we have 960 active cases, officials say there are only 668 active cases in the district.
The 27 cases include five people who tested positive for the virus from Pollachi and Valparai. While four of them have been sent to ESI Hospital, one of them has been sent to the Covid care centre in Pollachi Women’s Higher Secondary School.
Health department officials said a lorry driver from MGR Nagar, in Pollachi, had a travel history to Bengaluru, a woman from Thonimundi in Valparai who recently visited CMCH also tested positive and the wife of a man at the Koli Kamuthi Elephant rearing camp has also tested positive.
Corporation officials took samples from another 40 officials of the income tax office on Monday. They have already collected samples from 16 senior officers in the department, as part of tracing the chief commissioner’s contacts.