NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, AUG 23
The COVID-19 tally in Puducherry rose to 10,522 and the toll mounted to 159 with the addition of 412 fresh cases and eight deaths, a release from Health department said on Sunday.
A fully advanced #COVID19 war room with IVRS System is set up with direction of Shri @VNarayanasami & Shri @malladi4people with support and efforts by Collector to ease the reach of public to get medical help and to monitor the conditions in #Puducherry to be opened on 23rdAugust pic.twitter.com/xO5Sv5pApy
— Office of Ex CM V Narayanasamy (@ExcmPuducherry) August 22, 2020
There were 3,706 active cases after discharge of 350 patients in the last 24 hours ending at 10 am. The cumulative recoveries stood at 6,657, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release.
A total of 1,282 samples were tested during the period. So far, 63,590 samples had been sent for tests and of them 51,422 had turned out to be negative while the results of the remaining were awaited, he said.
The rate of fatality was 1.51 per cent while the recovery rate was 63.27 per cent, the official added.
In the mean time, the Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has inaugurated a COVID-19 IVRS SYSTEM to pave way for Home Isolation Monitoring System and Mental Health Conselling at the the fully advanced 24/7 war room in Puducherry.
