One-third in Puducherry have taken at least a dose of Covid vaccine

PUDUCHERRY: Roughly one-third of the population in the Union territory of Puducherry has got at least one dose of vaccine against Covid-19 as of Thursday, the UT administration said on Friday. Healthcare authorities have so far administered a single dose of vaccine to 4.4 lakh people and two doses to 67,410 people. They have administered a total 5.07 lakh doses. The territory's population, which was 12.5 lakh as per 2011 census, was projected to touch 14 lakh and 16 lakh by 2021.
The territory reported 175 fresh cases even as 276 patients recovered on Friday, bringing down active cases to 2,232. Of them, 1,906 patients are under home isolation and treatment. Puducherry headquarters reported the maximum fresh cases with 131 followed by Karaikal (27), Mahe (15) and Yanam (2). While two patients died of the infection in the UT on Thursday, the number of fatalities went up on Friday. Eight patients died taking the death toll to 1,759 on Friday. The infection's fatality rate stood at 1.5%.
The UT has so far reported 1.17 lakh cases with a recovery rate of 96.6%. The positivity rate of the samples (8,315) tested on Friday stood at 2.1%.