Puducherry, Oct 25 (UNI)The number of Coronavirus (COVID 19) positive cases in the union territory continued the downward trend with just 83 new cases and two deaths reporting in the last 24 hours ending at 10 AM on Sunday.
Of the 2878 swab tests taken yesterday,83 persons tested positive for the virus and two deaths, one each in the Puducherry region and Karaikal region reported.
54 new cases were reported in Puducherry region,13 in Karaikal region,7 in Yanam region and 9 in Mahe region.As many as 187 persons were discharged in the last 24 hours. 133 of them were from Puducherry region,34 from Karaikal region,5 from Yanam region and 15 from Mahe region.
Presently,1351 persons are being treated in Puducherry region,60 in Karaikal,67 in Yanam and 65 in Mahe region.Another,2261 positive cases are under home isolation in all the four regions of the union territory.
So far,34193 persons are infected by the virus of which 29801 were treated and discharged and 588 died leaving 3804 active cases here.
The case fatality rate in the UT is 1.72 percent and the recovery rate 87.16 percent.
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