Summary:
Puducherry, Jan 9 (PTI) Puducherry clocked 444 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours as the test positivity rate shot up to 13.87 per cent, a top Health department official said on Sunday.
The 444 infections took the overall tally in the union territory to 1,30,722, Director of Health Department G Sriramulu said in a release here.
No fatality was reported in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Sunday, he said, adding the death toll stood at 1,882.
He said the fresh cases were identified at the end of the examination of 3,202 were spread over Puducherry (350), Karaikal (84), Mahe (nine) and Yanam (one).
The number of active cases stood at 1,250 with 100 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and the remaining 1,150 in home isolation.
While 19 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours, the overall recoveries climbed to 1,27,590, the Director said.