COVID-19 cases in Puducherry cross 150-mark again; The positivity rate increased to 3%. Puducherry News – Times of India

Puducherry: Positivity rate of COVID-19 Infections, which was less than 1% in the last few days in the Union Territory Puducherry, has increased to 3% on Monday.
Of the 865 samples tested on Monday, 26 came back positive, recording a positivity rate of 3%.
Twenty-one patients were cured in the last 24 hours ending 10 am on Monday, taking the active cases to 155. 115 of them are in home isolation and treatment.
Puducherry headquarter has the highest number of fresh cases with 23 Karaikal (3). Mahe and yanami No fresh case registered. As the only patient undergoing treatment, Yanam has become a Covid-19 free zone. Puducherry headquarter has the highest number of active cases with 113, followed by Karaikal (31) and Mahe (11).
The area did not report any deaths and the toll stood at 1,881. The Puducherry headquarters have reported the highest number of deaths with 1,469, followed by Karaikal (251), Yanam (109) and Mahe (52). The mortality rate of infection remained at 1.5%.
The region has recorded 1.29 lakh cases so far, out of which 1.27 lakh patients have registered a recovery rate of 98.4%.
Health officials have so far tested 20.52 lakh swab samples for COVID-19 infection, of which 17.41 lakh samples came back negative.
They have so far administered 14.06 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine to the beneficiaries. He has given one dose to 8.42 lakh people and two doses to 5.64 lakh people.

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