Covid-19: Puducherry sees over 200 fresh cases after two days

PUDUCHERRY: Two days after reporting less than 200 fresh Covid cases, the Union territory of Puducherry reported 264 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday. As many as 254 patients recovered taking the total number of active cases to 2,354 on Wednesday. Of them, 370 patients are undergoing treatment at hospitals while 1,984 patients are under home isolation and treatment.
Puducherry headquarters reported the maximum fresh cases with 207 followed by Karaikal (40), Mahe (15) and Yanam (2). Puducherry headquarters has the maximum active cases with 1,878 followed by Karaikal (318), Mahe (92) and Yanam (66).
A 70-year-old man from Puducherry died of the infection taking the death toll to 1,749. Puducherry headquarters has the maximum fatalities with 1,396 followed by Karaikal (218), Yanam (102) and Mahe (33). The infection's fatality rate stood at 1.5%. The territory so far has reported 1.17 lakh cases of which 1.13 lakh patients recovered registering a recovery rate of 96.5%. The positivity rate of the samples (8,098) tested on Wednesday stood at 3.26%.
Healthcare authorities have so far tested 13.08 lakh swab samples of which 11.23 lakh samples returned negative. They have so far administered the vaccine to 4.93 lakh people including those who got the second dose.