20 people including DMK ex-minister diagnosed with COVID-19 in Pollachi

20 people including DMK ex-minister diagnosed with COVID-19  in Pollachi

Coimbatore: 20 people including three DMK leaders have been diagnosed with COVID-19. COVID-19 is increasing at an alarming rate in Pollachi and 2 receiving treatment in hospitals died yesterday. Of note, DMK's former minister M. Kannappan and District Head Selvaraj have been diagnosed among these 20 people.



People who were diagnosed with infection includes

1. 35 year old man, Pollachi Senguttuvan Street

2. 42 year old woman, Pollachi Senguttuvan Street

3. 38 year old man, Kinathukadavu Mannarpalayam

4. 69 year old man,Pollachi Zameen Uthukuli

5. 52 year old woman,Pollachi Thiruneelakandar street

6. 57 year old man,Kollupalayam Anbu Nagar

7. 57 year old man,Valparai

8. 46-year-old man, Ram Nagar Anaimalai

9. 91-year-old man Pollachi Jothi Nagar Colony

10. 55-year-old man Pollachi Mariamman Kovil Road

11. 45-year-old woman Kinathukadavu No. 10,

12. 55-year-old woman Makkinampatti, Pollachi

13. 50-year-old man, Nataraja Layout

14. 40-year-oldman, Vallalar Road.

15. 50 year old woman, Kinathukadavu Komarapalayam

16. 51 year old woman, Akilandapuram

17. Former DMK Union Minister M. KannappanMahalingapuram, Pollachi,

18. M. Kannappan's son MK Muthu, Mahalingapuram, Pollachi,

19. Thendral Selvaraj, DMK Coimbatore South District Head,

20. 40-year-old woman Nataraja Layout

20 of them diagnosed with COVID-19 in Pollachi on the same day yesterday has raised the eyebrows in the quaint city of Pollachi. All the infected people are being treated at Pollachi Government Hospital, Coimbatore Government Hospitals and other private hospitals. Health officers are contact tracing all the relatives and friends of those who are infected with COVID-19.

56-year-old real estate broker from Pollachi LIG Colony and a 60-year-old road contractor from Anaimalai died due to treatment failure at the Coimbatore Government Hospital yesterday. Health officials have taken action to bring the houses and surrounding areas of the infected people under control.

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