Pondy clocks 120 new Covid 19 cases
Puducherry: Puducherry posted 120 fresh cases of coronavirus during the last twenty -four hours ending 10 am on Wednesday, raising the overall tally to 1,21,252.
The new cases were identified at the end of examination of 5868 samples and they are spread over Puducherry 85, Karaikal 15, Yanam 2 and Mahe 18.
There were 907 active cases of whom 162 were in hospitals and the remaining 745 were in home isolation.
Three more persons, all women, succumbed to the infection raising the toll to 1798.
Director of the Health Department S Mohan Kumar said 15,19,276 samples have been tested so far and it was found that 12,99,072 out of them were negative.
Mohan Kumar said while 95 patients were discharged after recovery today the overall recoveries were 1,18,547.
Test positivity rate was 2.04 percent while fatality and recovery rates were 1.48 percent and 97.77 percent respectively.
The health department has vaccinated 37,867 health care workers and 23,973 front line workers so far.
The Director said that 5.11 lakh people coming under the category of either senior citizens or those above 45 years with co morbidities have been inoculated.
In all 7.18 lakh people have been vaccinated against pandemic in the Union Territory.
