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Puducherry, Apr 23 (PTI) Puducherry continued its COVID-19 free streak with no fresh cases and zero fatalities being reported on Saturday also.
Although the union territory continued to remain COVID-19 free now, it was however necessary that there should be strict adherence to safety protocols by the public, Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan said here.
No new cases were recorded in any of the four regions-Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam- during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM today, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release.
The department tested 132 samples in the last 24 hours and there was no fresh viral infection, he said and added that there was also no active case reported.
Sriramulu said the department has so far tested 22,32,878 samples and has found 18,77,752 out of them to be negative.
The overall case load remained 1,65,777 and the recoveries also stood at 1,63,815.