Summary:
Puducherry, Oct 8 (PTI) Puducherry logged 87 fresh Covid-19 cases during the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative caseload to 1,26,893, a senior official of the Department of Health said on Friday.
The 87 new cases identified at the end of the examination of 5,652 samples were spread over Puducherry (58), Karaikal (21) and Mahe (eight).
No fresh case of infection was reported from Yanam.
According to the Director of Health G Sriramulu, the number of active cases in the union territory stood at 646 with 107 in hospitals and the remaining 539 in home isolation.
As many as 95 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Friday, he said, adding the overall recoveries stood at 1,24,402.
One more person succumbed to the infection in Puducherry in the last 24 hours taking the death toll to 1,845, he said.