Pondy reports 40 new coronavirus cases
Puducherry Oct 27 PTI Puducherry posted 40 fresh cases of COVID 19 during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Tuesday raising overall tally to 127846 The new cases were identified at the end of examination of 3375 samples While Puducherry region accounted for 18 cases out of the total 40 Karaikal registered eight Yanam one and Mahe region 13 The active cases were 443 of whom 101 patients were in hospitals and the remaining 342 were in home isolation While 50 patients recovered and were discharged during last twenty-four hours the overall recoveries stood at 125546 No fresh fatality was reported during last twenty- four hours from any of the regions The toll remained 1857 Director of Health G Sriramulu said the department has examined 1903 lakh samples so far and found 1608 lakh out of them to be negative He said the test positivity rate was 119 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 145 percent and 9820 percent respectively The department has administered 1112237 doses so far and they comprised 722093 first doses and 390144 second doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Oct 27 PTI Puducherry posted 40 fresh cases of COVID 19 during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Tuesday raising overall tally to 127846 The new cases were identified at the end of examination of 3375 samples While Puducherry region accounted for 18 cases out of the total 40 Karaikal registered eight Yanam one and Mahe region 13 The active cases were 443 of whom 101 patients were in hospitals and the remaining 342 were in home isolation While 50 patients recovered and were discharged during last twenty-four hours the overall recoveries stood at 125546 No fresh fatality was reported during last twenty- four hours from any of the regions The toll remained 1857 Director of Health G Sriramulu said the department has examined 1903 lakh samples so far and found 1608 lakh out of them to be negative He said the test positivity rate was 119 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 145 percent and 9820 percent respectively The department has administered 1112237 doses so far and they comprised 722093 first doses and 390144 second doses PTI COR ROH ROH