No new COVID-19 cases in Puducherry
Puducherry Apr 23 PTI Puducherry continued its COVID-19 free streak with no fresh cases and zero fatalities being reported on Saturday also Although the union territory continued to remain COVID-19 free now it was however necessary that there should be strict adherence to safety protocols by the public Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said here No new cases were recorded in any of the four regions-Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam- during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM today Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release The department tested 132 samples in the last 24 hours and there was no fresh viral infection he said and added that there was also no active case reported Sriramulu said the department has so far tested 2232878 samples and has found 1877752 out of them to be negative The overall case load remained 165777 and the recoveries also stood at 163815 The toll was 1962 as there were no virus-related fatalities Sriramulu noted that the test positivity rate was zero while the deaths and recoveries remained 118 per cent and 9882 per cent respectively The health department has so far administered 1671966 doses which comprised 962461 first doses 690779 second and 18726 booster doses the director saidMeanwhile the Lieutenant Governor in a release said there should be no lowering of the guard and people should use masks in public places The territorial administration is taking all necessary steps to ensure that there was no intrusion of fourth wave of the viral infection anywhere in the union territory the Lt Governor said adding that parents should ensure that their children were vaccinated without fail The government was also mulling holding special camps to vaccinate people against the COVID-19 she saidAt present it was difficult for the health authorities to bring people under vaccination scheme and hence intensive campaigns would be held to generate awareness among the people about the viral infection reported in several parts of the country she added PTI COR KH ROH ROH
Puducherry Apr 23 PTI Puducherry continued its COVID-19 free streak with no fresh cases and zero fatalities being reported on Saturday also Although the union territory continued to remain COVID-19 free now it was however necessary that there should be strict adherence to safety protocols by the public Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said here No new cases were recorded in any of the four regions-Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam- during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM today Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release The department tested 132 samples in the last 24 hours and there was no fresh viral infection he said and added that there was also no active case reported Sriramulu said the department has so far tested 2232878 samples and has found 1877752 out of them to be negative The overall case load remained 165777 and the recoveries also stood at 163815 The toll was 1962 as there were no virus-related fatalities Sriramulu noted that the test positivity rate was zero while the deaths and recoveries remained 118 per cent and 9882 per cent respectively The health department has so far administered 1671966 doses which comprised 962461 first doses 690779 second and 18726 booster doses the director saidMeanwhile the Lieutenant Governor in a release said there should be no lowering of the guard and people should use masks in public places The territorial administration is taking all necessary steps to ensure that there was no intrusion of fourth wave of the viral infection anywhere in the union territory the Lt Governor said adding that parents should ensure that their children were vaccinated without fail The government was also mulling holding special camps to vaccinate people against the COVID-19 she saidAt present it was difficult for the health authorities to bring people under vaccination scheme and hence intensive campaigns would be held to generate awareness among the people about the viral infection reported in several parts of the country she added PTI COR KH ROH ROH
