Puducherry April 26 PTI Three fresh cases of coronavirus were confirmed by the Puducherry government at the end of examination of 264 samples on Tuesday pushing up the overall active cases to sevenWhile Puducherry logged two new cases the remaining one was traced in Karaikal regionThe cumulative case load rose to 165784 while the recoveries stood at 163815 The toll remained 1962 as no fresh fatalities were reported in the last 24 hoursDirector of Health G Sriramulu said in a release that the test positivity rate was 114 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 percent and 9881 percent respectivelyThe Department of Health has examined so far 2233353 samples and has found 1878214 to be negativeThe health department has administered so far 1677021 doses which comprised 963061 first doses 694489 second and 19471 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Apr 24 PTI Chief Minister N Rangasamy on Sunday appealed to the Centre to grant full statehood to Puducherry which has been a long-pending demand of the union territory He was speaking at a function in which foundation stone for various developmental projects were laid by Union Home Minister Amit Shah Rangasamy who is heading the AINRC-BJP coalition ministry also said he would be grateful to the central government if the demand for more funds for Puducherry were conceded The CM noted that Puducherry was making progress because of sustained cooperation extended by the Centre Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan who spoke on the occasion said as visualised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Puducherry would soon emerge as Best Union territory in all developmental activities Home Minister of Puducherry A Namassivayam Ministers Speaker R Selvam and legislators of the AINRC and BJP were among those present PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Feb 28 PTI Puducherry witnessed a steep fall in number of daily cases of coronavirus with only nine people testing positive for the disease on Monday taking the aggregate to 165720All the new cases identified at the end of examination of 871 samples were confined to Puducherry region while the other three regions-Karaikal Mahe and Yanam-reported no fresh caseThe active cases were 118 with 12 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and the remaining 106 patients in home quarantineNo fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions in the last 24 hours and the toll remained 1962Director of Health G Sriramulu said the Health Department has examined so far 2215383 samples and has found 1860298 to be negativeThe test positivity rate was 103 percent while fatality and recovery rates were 118 percent and 9874 percent respectivelySriramulu said 33 patients recovered and were discharged during last twenty-four hours and the total recoveries stood at 163640 so farThe Health Department has administered 1590849 doses which comprised 931359 first doses 647112 second and 12378 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Feb 24 PTI A senior journalist of a Tamil daily was allegedly attacked by an unidentified gang near his house in the neighbouring N Rangasamy nagar police said on ThursdayAccording to sources the gang attacked Udayanarayanan Editor cum Publisher of Namathu Murasu on Wednesday night in which he sustained injuries He has been admitted to the government general hospital for treatmentSpeaker of the Puducherry Assembly R Selvam called on the scribe at the hospitalMeanwhile the Print and Television journalists Association has condemned the attack on the senior reporterThey demanded the government to intensify investigation identify the assailants and take stern action PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Feb 24 PTI Puducherry posted 18 new cases of coronavirus during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Thursday pushing the total positives to 165676The 18 fresh cases identified at the end of examination of 2000 samples were spread over Puducherry 12 Karaikal five and Yanam oneMahe an enclave of Puducherry in Kerala registered no fresh case of infectionNo fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions and the toll remained 1960Director of Health GSriramulu said in a release that 52 patients recovered and were discharged during the last twenty-four hours and the overall recoveries so far were 163489The active cases were 227 which comprised 19 patients in hospitals undergoing treatment while the remaining 208 patients were in home quarantineThe Director noted that the test positivity rate was 090 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 percent and 9868 percent respectivelyThe Health Department has tested so far 2208874 samples and has found 1854030 out of them to be negativeThe department had administered so far 1582421 doses which comprised 930257 first doses 639951 second and 12213 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Feb 23 PTI Puducherry witnessed a steep fall in number of daily COVID-19 cases during the last twenty-four hours ending 10 am on Wednesday with just 12 fresh infections being reportedThe overall caseload reached 165658Director of Health GSriramulu said in a release that Puducherry region reported 9 new cases and Karaikal three Mahe and Yanam regions did not register any fresh case of viral infection during last twenty-four hoursThe active cases stood at 261 with 19 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and the remaining 242 patients in home quarantineSriramulu said 72 patients recovered and were discharged and the overall recoveries were 163437The Director said no fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions and the fatalities remained 1960The test positivity rate was 058 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 percent and 9866 percent respectivelyThe Health Department has tested so far 2206813 samples and has found 1852019 to be negativeThe department had administered so far 1578903 doses which comprised 929663 first doses 637100 second and 12140 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Feb 22 PTI Puducherry saw a marginal increase in daily coronavirus cases with 27 new infections being confirmed during the last twenty-four hours ending 10 am on TuesdayThe overall caseload shot up to 165646 On Monday 22 fresh cases were detectedA release from the Director of the Department of Health G Sriramulu said the 27 cases identified at the end of examination of 2129 samples were spread over Puducherry 15 Karaikal 8 Yanam one and Mahe threeThe active cases were 321 with 19 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and 302 patients in home isolation the Director saidWhile 69 patients recovered and were discharged during last twenty-four hours the overall recoveries were 163365The Department of Health has examined so far 2204684 samples and has found 18 49949 out of them to be negativeSriramulu said no fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions of Union Territory and the toll remained 1960The test positivity rate was 127 percent while fatality and recovery rates were 118 percent and 9862 percent respectivelyThe Director said the Department of Health has administered so far 1574707 doses which comprised 929109 first doses 633539 second and 12059 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Feb 19 PTI Puducherry logged 30 new coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Saturday marking a steep fall in number of daily infectionsThe overall caseload now stood at 165564 The number of fresh cases reported on Saturday was 50Director of Health GSriramulu said in a release that the 30 new cases identified at the end of examination of 1881 samples were spread over Puducherry 20 Mahe 2 and Karaikal and Yanam regions 4 eachHe said the active cases also fell to 495 as against 586 reported on SaturdayNo fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions today and fatalities remained 1959The Director said 121 patients recovered during last twenty- four hours The overall recoveries were 163110The test positivity rate today was 159 percent while fatality and recovery rates were 118 percent and 9852 percent respectivelyThe Health Department has tested so far 2200069 samples and has found 18 45568 out of them to be negativeThe Department has administered so far 1565288 doses which comprised 927818 first doses 625628 second and 11842 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Jan 30 PTI Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and Chief Minister N Rangasamy were among those who paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi on his 74th death anniversary on SundayMinisters legislators officials of various departments and freedom fighters also paid homage at the statue of Gandhi hereSilence was observed by all those present at the venue for a couple of minutes from 11 am in memory of the apostle of peace and non violenceGandhiji was assassinated on January 30 1948 by Nathuram Godse at Gandhi Smriti in Birla house New DelhiFreedom fighters and leaders of different wings of the Congress party were among those who paid tributes at the portrait PTI COR ROH ROH

Puducherry Jan 30 PTI Puducherry registered a rise in the number of daily cases of coronavirus with as many as 923 people testing positive for the virus on SundayPuducherry and other three outlying regions of Karaikal Mahe and Yanam together recorded the new cases which were identified at the end of examination of 3177 samplesWith this the overall caseload in the union territory reached 160747While Puducherry region alone accounted for 650 fresh cases out of the total 923 cases Karaikal reported 186 Yanam 72 and Mahe 15The number of fresh cases logged on Saturday was 855Five more people succumbed to the infection during last twenty-four hours taking the toll to 1928 Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release The deceased were in the age group of 50 years and 85 years and included two womenThe Director further said 2433 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours and the overall recoveries stood at 147792The active cases were 11027 of which 189 were in hospitals taking treatment and the remaining 10838 patients were in home isolationThe Department of Health has tested so far 2156984 samples and has found 1808780 out of them to be negativeSriramulu said the test positivity rate was 2905 percent while the fatality and recovery rates were 120 percent and 9194 percent respectivelyThe Department of Health has administered so far 15 33395 doses which comprised 920981 first doses 605041 second and 7373 booster doses PTI COR ROH ROH