coronavirus on Saturday, upping the total infection count in the union territory to 38,425. However, no fresh fatality was reported in any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam during the last 24 hours.
Puducherry region accounted for 23 new cases, followed by Karaikal 4, Yanam one and Mahe 8. Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar in a release said the new cases were identified at the end of examination of 3,233 samples. Fifty one patients were discharged in the last twenty four hours, he said. The Director said the fatality and recovery rates were 1.66 percent and 97.49 percent respectively. A total of 5.12 lakh samples were tested so far in the Union Territory and it was found that 4.69 lakh were negative.
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Cases of new UK mutant COVID strain go up to 73 in India
The number of people who have tested positive for the new UK variant of SARS-CoV-2 in the country has climbed to 73, the Union health ministry said on Wednesday.
These cases include the 58 which were announced by the ministry till Tuesday. The total number of cases infected with the new strain of the novel coronavirus first reported in the UK now stands at 73, the ministry said.
All these people have been kept in single room isolation in designated healthcare facilities by respective state governments, the ministry had said on Tuesday.