Puducherry Apr 25 PTI Puducherry reported one new COVID-19 case on Monday pushing the overall active cases in the Union Territory to four a senior health department official said The department tested 25 samples in the last 24 hours and found one person to be coronavirus positive While three of the four new cases were in home quarantine the remaining one patient was in hospital Health Director G Sriramulu said in a release JIPMER Director Rakesh Aggarwal 60 who returned from Delhi on April 23 tested positive and has since been recuperating in home quarantine he said The solitary case of viral infection reported on Monday belonged to Yanam region an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh the Director of Health said The department has so far tested 2233328 samples and found 1878194 of them to be negative the Director said The overall caseload in Puducherry was 165781 and the total recoveries were 163815 The test positivity rate shot up to 4 per cent while the fatalities and recovery rates were 118 per cent and 9881 per cent respectively the Director said The department has so far administered 1675276 doses which comprised 962864 first doses 693391 second doses and 19021 booster doses Sriramulu said PTI COR KH HDA

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 22 PTI The union territory of Puducherry continued to remain COVID-19 free with nil active cases and zero fatalities being reported in the last 24 hours a senior Health department official said on Friday No new cases were recorded in any of the four regions-Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam- during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release The department examined 181 samples in the last 24 hours and did not find any fresh infections he added He said the cumulative caseload remained at 165777 and the overall recoveries stood at 163815 Sriramulu said the death toll also remained at 1962 as there were no virus-related fatalities The test positivity rate was zero and the fatality and recovery rates remained at 118 per cent and 9882 per cent respectively the Director said Sriramulu said that the Health department has so far administered 1669942 doses which comprised 962089 first doses 689307 second and 18546 booster doses PTI COR KH SS SS

Puducherry Apr 19 PTI No new case of coronavirus was reported in Puducherry again on Tuesday a senior health official said None of the four regions of the Union Territory -- Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam -- registered any new case of the viral infection Director of the Department of Health G Sriramulu said in a press release He said 207 samples were examined in the last 24 hours and no fresh case surfaced The active cases count remained unchanged at three with all from Karaikal region The health department has tested 2231980 samples so far across the UT and has found 1876877 samples out of them to be negative Sriramulu said the overall caseload remained 165777 and total recoveries also stood the same at 163812 As there was no fresh fatality the death toll was the same as well at 1962 The Director said the test positivity rate remained zero and the fatality and recovery rates were also 181 per cent and 9881 per cent respectively The health department has administered 1664293 doses which comprised 961117 first doses 685312 second doses and 17864 booster doses the Director further said PTI COR HDA HDA

Puducherry Apr 18 PTI No new coronavirus case was reported again in Puducherry on Monday a senior official of the health department said Zero cases were recorded on Sunday as well In a press release Director of Health G Sriramulu said 10 samples were examined during the last 24 hours in all the four regions of Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam and no fresh case of viral infection surfaced He said there are three active cases remaining with all of them from Karaikal region The department has conducted 2231970 samples so far in the Union Territory and found 1876867 samples out of them to be negative Sriramulu said the overall caseload remained 165777 and recoveries also stood unchanged at 163812 With no fresh fatality the death toll remained at 1962 The Director of Health said the test positivity rate was zero and the fatality and recovery rates were also 181 per cent and 9881 per cent respectively The department has administered 1662768 doses which comprised 960799 first doses 684506 second doses and 17463 booster doses the Director said PTI COR HDA HDA

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Puducherry Mar 31 PTI The union territory of Puducherry emerged coronavirus free as the number of active cases stood at zero after the recovery of the solitary patient a senior Health department official said on Thursday No fresh COVID-19 case was reported during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Thursday from any of the four regions of Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam Director of Health G Sriramulu said He told PTI that with no new case of infection and with the recovery of the solitary patient in home quarantine during the last 24 hours there was no Covid cases and nil active case We can say that Puducherry is Covid-free he added The Department of Health tested 212 samples in the last 24 hours and did not detect any fresh cases The overall caseload remained at 165774 and with the recovery of one patient the overall recoveries went up to 163812 the Director said in a release With nil fatalities in the last 24 hours the death toll remained at 1962 The Heath Department has so far tested 2228522 and the found 1873466 of them to be negative The test positivity rate remained zero and the fatality and recovery rates stood at 118 per cent and 9882 per cent respectively The Department has so far administered 1639293 doses which comprised 950199 first doses 674863 second and 14231 booster doses Sriramulu said in a release PTI Cor SS SS

Puducherry Mar 29 PTI Puducherry did not report any new coronavirus case on Tuesday with the overall caseload remaining unchanged at 165774 This is the fifth consecutive day that no fresh case has been reported in the Union Territory Director of Health G Sriramulu in a release said the health department tested 339 samples in the last 24 hours and no new case of viral infection surfaced He said there are only two COVID patients in home quarantine There was no fresh recovery of patients and the overall recoveries stood at 163810 Sriramulu said no fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry Karaikal Mahe and Yanam and the death toll also stood unchanged at 1962 The test positivity rate was zero while fatality and recovery rates were 118 per cent and 9882 per cent respectively The department has tested 2227961 samples so far and has found 1872610 samples out of them to be negative Sriramulu said the department has administered 1634602 doses so far that comprised 947434 first doses 673161 second doses and 14007 booster doses PTI COR HDA HDA

Puducherry Mar 27 PTI Puducherry reported zero fresh coronavirus cases for the third straight day on Sunday a senior official of the health department said Health Department Director G Sriramulu said 185 samples were tested during the last 24 hours and no fresh case of infection surfaced The overall caseload remained unchanged at 165774 There was no fresh fatality as well during the last 24 hours in the Union Territory and the death toll stood at 1962 He said there were four active cases and they were all in home quarantine No recoveries were reported for the day and the overall number of cured also remained the same at 163808 Sriramulu said the test positivity rate was zero while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 per cent and 9881 per cent respectively The Health Department has so far tested 2227747 samples across the UT and has found 1872402 samples out of them to be negative Sriramulu said 1631669 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered so far and they comprised 945637 first doses 672174 second doses and 13858 booster doses PTI COR HDA HDA

Puducherry Mar 24 PTI Puducherry logged only a single case of COVID-19 on Thursday for the second consecutive day taking the overall tally to 165774 Director of Health G Sriramulu in a release said the health department has examined 303 samples in the last 24 hours and the solitary case surfaced from Puducherry region The other three regions of Karaikal Mahe and Yanam had no new case of infection Sriramulu said the department has examined 2226945 samples and has found 1871606 samples out of them to be negative No fresh fatality was reported from any of the regions today and the death toll remained unchanged at 1962 The test positivity rate was 033 per cent while the fatality and recovery rates were 118 per cent and 9881 per cent respectively There are 11 remaining active cases and all of them are staying in home quarantine the Director said adding that the number of overall recoveries stood at 163801 The department has administered 1622654 doses so far which comprised 940191 first doses 668879 second doses and 13584 booster doses the Director said PTI COR HDA HDA