Summary:
Puducherry, Jan 14 (PTI): The union territory of Puducherry clocked 1,471 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours pushing the cumulative caseload to 1,35,337, a senior Health department official said on Friday.
The test positivity rate was 28.47 per cent as against Thursday"s 26.44 per cent.
Director of Health and Family Welfare Services G Sriramulu said in a release that the 1,471 new cases were identified at the end of the examination of 5,167 samples and were spread over Puducherry (1,335), Karaikal (97), Mahe (25) and Yanam (14).
One more person- a 74-year old woman- hailing from Karaikal succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Friday, pushing the death toll to 1,884.
The number of active cases stood at 5,658 with 112 patients undergoing treatment in hospitals and remaining 5,546 in home isolation.
The Health department Director said 82 patients recovered and were discharged during the last 24 hours and the overall recoveries stood at 1,27,795.