Test positivity rate dips below 1% in Union Territory
The Hindu
The region records one death even as new cases drop to 32
The Union Territory recorded one COVID-9 death while new cases dropped to 32 and test positivity rate dipped below 1% on Sunday. With a patient death in Karaikal, the cumulative toll in the Union Territory was 1,841. The toll by region is Puducherry (1,443), Karaikal (248), Yanam (106) and Mahe (44).
Puducherry logged 16 of the new cases, which were detected from 4,237 tests, followed by Karaikal (9) and Mahe (7). No case was reported from Yanam.
The test positivity rate was under 1% at 0.76%, case fatality rate 1.45% and recovery rate 97.98%. With 89 patients recovering from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, the active cases stood at 709. Of this, 103 patients were in hospital and 606 in home isolation.

Former CM B.S. Yediyurappa had challenged the first information report registered on March 14, 2024, on the alleged incident that occurred on February 2, 2024, the chargesheet filed by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the February 28, 2025, order of taking cognisance of offences afresh by the trial court.