
Nine fresh COVID-19 cases in Union Territory
The Hindu
PUDUCHERRY
The Union Territory recorded nine fresh COVID-19 cases from 344 tests, and seven recoveries on Tuesday.
Puducherry logged eight fresh cases and Yanam one.
The test positivity rate was 2.62%, the case fatality rate 1.13% and the recovery rate 98.86%.
The overall tallies are 1,975 deaths, 24 active cases, a total of 1,75,475 cases and 1,73,476 recoveries.
Of an estimated 24.35 lakh tests done so far, over 20.66 lakh have returned negative.
Meanwhile, 295 people took the vaccine against COVID-19 on Tuesday. The Union Territory has, till date, administered a total of 22,59,200 vaccine doses.

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