
U.T. logs 30 fresh cases of COVID-19
The Hindu
Puducherry logs 26 fresh infections; no fresh case reported from Mahe and Yanam
The Union Territory recorded 30 fresh cases of COVID-19 against 23 recoveries on Monday.
Puducherry logged 26 of these cases, which were detected from 296 tests, and Karaikal four. No fresh case was reported from Mahe and Yanam.
The test positivity rate was 10.14%, the case fatality rate 1.14% and the recovery rate 98.66%.
The overall tally is 1,968 deaths, 342 active cases (13 patients at hospital and 329 in home isolation), a total of 1,72,784 cases and 1,70,474 patients recovered.
Of an estimated 23.79 lakh tests conducted so far, over 20.14 lakh have returned negative.
As many as 5,241 persons took the vaccine in the last 24 hours. The Union Territory has so far administered 20,53,009 doses.

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The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.










