Pondy adds 24 new cases to COVID-19 tally
Puducherry: Twenty four fresh cases of coronavirus were reported on Wednesday in Puducherry, raising the total infection count to 38,934.
An 87-year-old person hailing from Sooramangalam village in Puducherry region died of the infection, taking the toll to 646.
The new cases were identified after examination of 1,979 samples in the last 24 hours.
While Puducherry saw 21 new cases, Mahe recorded three.
Karaikal and Yanam regions did not register any new case of infection, Director of Health and Family Welfare Department S Mohan Kumar said in a release.
So far 5.65 lakh samples were tested and it was found that 5.22 lakh out of them were negative.
He also said 36 patients were discharged after recovery from hospitals during last twenty four hours.
The fatality and recovery rates were 1.66 percent and 97.62 percent respectively.
The person who succumbed to the virus had severe covid pneumonia and refractory hypoxemia.
The patient had coronary heart disease as co-morbidity, the Director said.
The COVID-19 aggregate stood at 38,934 while there were 282 active cases and as many as 38,006 patients recovered and were discharged so far.
