Coimbatore, Aug 20 (PTI) A total of 234 COVID-19 patients in the district have been cured with the use of Siddha medicine, Municipal Administration Minister S P Velumani said on Thursday.

The government has opened a special ward here for Siddha system at the Codissia Centre, where 317 patients were admitted in the last one month, Velumani said after a review meeting on the coronavirus situation.

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While 234 patients were discharged after getting cured, 83 were undergoing treatment and would be discharged soon, he said.

Stating that a little over 1.72 lakh people were tested with 10,158 testing positive and hospitalised, he said 7,811 people were cured and 2,130 were under treatment.

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However, there were 217 deaths, majority of them with co-morbidities, Velumani said.

Referring to welfare measures, he said the government has given Rs 10,000 to each of the 5,580 pavement vendors with identity cards.

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