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Express News Service PUDUCHERRY: Thirty people have died of COVID-19 in the past three days here, setting alarm bells ringing in the Union territory. The deceased included several younger people aged between 25 and 50. Though initially, the death toll was below five per day, now it has risen to double digits daily. Puducherry logged 747 fresh COVID-19 cases and 10 deaths in the last 24 hours taking the overall tally in the Union territory to 54,026 and pushing the total death toll to 758. The fatality and recovery rates were 1.40 per cent and 84.70 per cent respectively. Most of the deaths are in Puducherry region. The health department stated that there is no dearth of beds or facilities to extend treatment in hospitals in Puducherry. There are still 300 vacant beds available for people in hospitals with oxygen, ventilators, equipment, drugs including remdesivir, while on the other hand the government is making arrangements for more beds, establishing oxygen plants, getting more

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