U.T. logs 489 fresh cases; TPR increases to 31.5%
The Hindu
Puducherry logged 438 of the cases
The Test Positivity Rate (TPR) surged to 31.5% as 489 fresh COVID-19 cases were detected from 1,570 tests in the Union Territory on Monday. No death was reported in the last 24 hours.
While Puducherry accounted for 438 of the these infections. Karaikal logged 49, Yanam and Mahe recorded one case each.
With 17 patients recovering from the virus in the last 24 hours, the active cases stood at 1,722. Of this, 112 were in hospital and 1,610 in home isolation. The case fatality rate was 1.43% and the recovery rate 97.25%. The cumulative toll remained at 1,882, with Puducherry logging 1,470, Karaikal 251, Yanam 109 and Mahe 52.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.