NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, SEP 6
The union territory of Puducherry logged 32 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours taking the overall tally to 1,24,184, Director of the Health Department G Sriramulu said on Monday.
The test positivity rate was 0.93 percent as against Sunday’s 2.09 percent. The fatality and recovery rates were 1.46 percent and 97.80 percent, respectively, the Health department official said in a release.
He said the 32 new cases were identified at the end of the examination of 3,434 samples. They were spread over Puducherry (20), Karaikal (6), Mahe (5) and Yanam (one).
The Health department Director said the number of active cases stood at 914 with 175 in hospitals and the remaining 739 patients in home isolation.
One more person, a 65-year old woman from Puducherry succumbed to the virus in the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Monday pushing the toll to 1,818, he added.
The Health department has so far tested 16.73 lakh samples and found 14.20 lakh of them to be negative, Sriramulu said.
The Director said the Department of Health has so far vaccinated 38,163 healthcare workers and 23,005 frontline workers.
The Department has so far inoculated 5.79 lakh people belonging either to the category of senior citizens or those above 45 years with comorbidities.
In all, 8.38 lakh people including those who had the second vaccination have been covered in the union territory so far.
