NE NEWS SERVICE
PUDUCHERRY, JULY 26
As many as 131 people were infected during the last 24 hours in Puducherry, taking the tally to 2,787 on Sunday. Two two fresh deaths took the toll to 40.
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Total active cases stood at 1,102 while 1,645 patients had been discharged from various hospitals so far, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release.
The positivity rate in Puducherry was 20.9 per cent while the rate of fatality was 1,4 per cent, the release said. In the last 24 hours ended at 10 AM, as many as 131 fresh cases were identified after examination of 624 samples.
The overall COVID-19 cases in the UT stood at 2,787, including two patients transferred to neighbouring Tamil Nadu, it said. As many as 82 patients were discharged during the period. Two men, aged 58 and 57 and having comorbidities, died at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital and at the government General Hospital here on Saturday as the toll due to the disease mounted to 40. A total of 35,080 samples had been sent for tests so far and results awaited for over 300.
