As many six patients including four women succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours ending 10 am today taking the toll to 487, Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said. The 668 new cases were identified at the end of examination of 5,945 samples, he added. Of the 24,895 coronavirus cases in the Union Territory, there were 5,097 active cases while 19,311 patients had recovered and were discharged apart from 487 fatalities.

AICC Secretary incharge of Puducherry Sanjay Dutt was tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday. All the Congress functions scheduled to be held in the presence of Dutt here stood cancelled as he could not reach Puducherry. Meanwhile, Dutt taking to micro-blogging site twitter said “as routine before embarking on organisational tour from today, I got the result for my COVID-19 test done, which came positive following which I was admitted in the hospital”.

He appealed to all those who have come in contact with him d to get themselves tested for COVID-19.