Puducherry adds 20 fresh COVID-19 cases no fatalities for 5th straight day
Puducherry Dec 24 PTI The union territory of Puducherry clocked 20 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours as the overall tally to 129 394 a senior official of the Department of Health said on Friday The union territory did not record any fresh fatality for the fifth straight day Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release here The fresh cases were identified at the end of the examination of 2466 samples were spread over Puducherry 11 Karaikal 8 and Mahe one Yanam region an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh did not report any fresh case the Director said The number of active cases stood at 154 which included 33 patients in hospitals and the remaining 121 in home isolation Sriramulu said no fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam and the death toll remained at 1880 As many as 12 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Friday as the overall recoveries went up to 127360 The Department of Health has so far tested 2035124 samples and has found 1724377 out of them to be negative he said The test positivity rate stood at 081 per cent while the fatality and recovery rates were 145 per cent and 9843 per cent respectively Sriramulu said the department has so far administered 1367914 doses which comprised 824671 first dose and 543243 second dose PTI Cor SS SS SS
Puducherry Dec 24 PTI The union territory of Puducherry clocked 20 new COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours as the overall tally to 129 394 a senior official of the Department of Health said on Friday The union territory did not record any fresh fatality for the fifth straight day Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release here The fresh cases were identified at the end of the examination of 2466 samples were spread over Puducherry 11 Karaikal 8 and Mahe one Yanam region an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh did not report any fresh case the Director said The number of active cases stood at 154 which included 33 patients in hospitals and the remaining 121 in home isolation Sriramulu said no fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam and the death toll remained at 1880 As many as 12 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Friday as the overall recoveries went up to 127360 The Department of Health has so far tested 2035124 samples and has found 1724377 out of them to be negative he said The test positivity rate stood at 081 per cent while the fatality and recovery rates were 145 per cent and 9843 per cent respectively Sriramulu said the department has so far administered 1367914 doses which comprised 824671 first dose and 543243 second dose PTI Cor SS SS SS
