The Union Territory recorded one COVID-19 death while the new cases came down to 32 and the test positivity rate dipped to less than 1% on Sunday. With the death of one patient in Karaikal, the cumulative toll in the Union Territory stood at 1,841. Region-wise tolls are Puducherry (1,443), Karaikal (248), Yanam (106) and Mahe (44).
Puducherry recorded 16 of the new cases, which were detected from 4,237 tests, followed by Karaikal (9) and Mahe (7). No case came to light from Yanam.
The test positivity rate was less than 1% at 0.76%, the case fatality rate was 1.45% and the recovery rate was 97.98%. With 89 patients recovering from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the active cases stood at 709. Out of this, 103 patients were in hospital and 606 were in home isolation.
The Union Territory has registered a total of 1,26,545 cases against 1,23,995 recovered patients. Of the estimated 18.07 lakh tests conducted so far, around 15.33 lakh samples were negative.
Meanwhile, 4,267 people took shots against COVID-19 in the last 24 hours. The Union Territory has so far given 10,19,922 doses of the vaccine, which includes 3,22,746 second doses.