Coimbatore: Coimbatore, the second largest city of Tamilnadu which was once showing good recovery rate of Covid-19 cases, has now turned out to be the district with the second highest fresh cases with 392 cases, pushing behind northern districts of Cuddalore, Tiruvallur and Chengalpet which recorded 380, 354 and 352 cases, respectively, on Sunday.
Sources in the industrial city said the spike in cases was due to a couple of clusters and steps are being taken to control the spread.
On Sunday, Tamilnadu Health Minister Dr C Vijayabaskar inaugurated a plasma bank at the government hospital in Coimbatore, second in the State, to treat Covid-19 patients.
He said that the Rs 25 lakh facility is established with an aim to collect and store plasma from those who have recovered from the disease and help coronavirus patients recuperate quickly.
In July, the government set up the first plasma bank at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General hospital in Chennai. Plasma is a fluid component of blood that contains antibodies that help fight the virus.
The Minister, along with Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani also inaugurated the renovated Artificial Limb manufacturing centre at the hospital, for the benefit of accident victims, at a cost of Rs 50 lakh.