6,767 people under Covid care in Puducherry

PUDUCHERRY: Nine patients died of Covid-19 in the 24 hours ending 10am on Saturday, taking death toll due to the infection in Puducherry to 737. The territory reported 899 fresh Covid-19 cases even as 453 patients recovered, taking the total number of active cases to 6,767 on Saturday. Of them, 5,413 are in home isolation and treatment.
Puducherry headquarters has had the maximum fatalities with 588, followed by Karaikal (90), Yanam (46) and Mahe (13). The fatality rate of the infection in the territory stood at 1.4%, which is higher than the national average 1.1%.
On Saturday, Puducherry headquarters reported the maximum fresh cases (702), followed by Karaikal (109), Yanam (50) and Mahe (38). Puducherry headquarters has the maximum active cases with 5,319 followed by Karaikal (785), Yanam (371) and Mahe (292).
The territory has so far reported 52,271 cases, of which 44,767 patients recovered registering a recovery rate of 85.6%. The recovery rate of Covid-19 patients dropped from 97.8% in the first week of March this year to 85.6% in the last week of April. The positivity rate of the samples (6,030) tested on Friday stood at 14.9%.
Healthcare authorities have so far sent 7.58 lakh swab samples for testing.
The directorate of health and family welfare services on Friday administered the Covid-19 vaccine to 194 healthcare workers, 93 frontline workers and 1,205 others. In all, the Union territory has vaccinated 1.82 lakh people.