Active coronavirus cases in Puducherry down to 142
Puducherry Feb 27 PTI Puducherry witnessed a further dip in new COVID-19 cases with only 10 new infections reported on Sunday taking the overall tally to 165711 In a press release Director of Health G Sriramulu said the fresh cases identified at the end of examination of 1302 samples were reported from Puducherry five Karaikal four and Mahe one Yanam an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh reported no fresh case the Director said The Director said the active cases in the Union Territory were 142 that comprised 13 patients in hospitals and 129 patients in home quarantine Sriramulu said 37 patients recovered from the infection and were discharged while the overall recoveries were 163607 No fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions and the death toll remained unchanged at 1962 Sriramulu said the health department has examined 2214081 samples so far and found 1859055 samples out of them to be negative The test positivity rate in the UT was 077 per cent while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 per cent and 9873 per cent respectively Sriramulu said the department has administered a total of 1590515 doses so far comprising 931303 first doses 646844 second doses and 12368 booster doses PTI COR HDA HDA
Puducherry Feb 27 PTI Puducherry witnessed a further dip in new COVID-19 cases with only 10 new infections reported on Sunday taking the overall tally to 165711 In a press release Director of Health G Sriramulu said the fresh cases identified at the end of examination of 1302 samples were reported from Puducherry five Karaikal four and Mahe one Yanam an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh reported no fresh case the Director said The Director said the active cases in the Union Territory were 142 that comprised 13 patients in hospitals and 129 patients in home quarantine Sriramulu said 37 patients recovered from the infection and were discharged while the overall recoveries were 163607 No fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions and the death toll remained unchanged at 1962 Sriramulu said the health department has examined 2214081 samples so far and found 1859055 samples out of them to be negative The test positivity rate in the UT was 077 per cent while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 per cent and 9873 per cent respectively Sriramulu said the department has administered a total of 1590515 doses so far comprising 931303 first doses 646844 second doses and 12368 booster doses PTI COR HDA HDA
