Active cases fall below 3,000
The Hindu
U.T. reports one COVID-19 death, 162 fresh cases
The Union Territory recorded one COVID-19 death and 162 new cases as active cases fell below 3,000 on Thursday.
Karaikal reported the sole death to take the cumulative toll in the Union Territory to 1,956. The toll by region is Puducherry (1,524), Karaikal (264), Yanam (113) and Mahe (55).Puducherry accounted for 102 of the new cases, which were detected from 2,417 tests, followed by Karaikal (36), Yanam (22) and Mahe (2).
With 741 patients recovering from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the active cases stood at 2,506. Of these, 58 were in hospital and 2,448 in home isolation.The test positivity rate was 6.7%, case fatality rate 1.19% and recovery rate 97.29%.
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