NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, NOV 17
With 72 fresh cases of COVID-19 being recorded on Tuesday the total infection count in the union territory rose to 36,409. However, no deaths were reported from any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam.
A release from the Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said the new cases were identified after the examination of 3,393 samples during the last 24 hours.
Puducherry had witnessed a drop in number of daily infections during the last few days. But, the number shot up to 72 today. The Director said 131 patients were discharged from hospitals today.
The positivity and recovery rates were 1.67 percent and 96.01 percent, respectively. Puducherry region accounted for 39 new cases out of the total 72 while Karaikal had 13, Yanam 4 and Mahe 16. The health department has so far tested 3.63 lakh samples and found 3.21 lakh out of them to be negative. Of the total 36,409 COVID-19 cases 843 were active, 34,358 patients recovered, and were discharged.
The toll remained 608.
