NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, NOV 29
The union territory of Puducherry logged 33 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours pushing the overall tally to 36,935, a top Health department official said on Sunday.
Meanwhile, no fresh fatality was reported for the 10th day in succession, a release from Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said.
The 33 fresh cases were identified at the end of the examination of 2,926 samples of which 21 were reported in the Puducherry region, six in Karaikal, five in Mahe and one in Yanam.
The Health department Director said 72 patients were discharged during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Sunday.
The fatality and recovery rates were 1.65 per cent and 97.05 per cent respectively.
He said that 4,00,323 samples were tested so far and of them 3,59,129 samples turned out to be negative.
As many as 480 of the total 36,935 coronavirus cases were active while 35,846 patients were treated and discharged. The number of fatalities remained at 609, he said.
