With no active cases, Puducherry becomes 'Covid-free', says senior Health official
Puducherry, Mar 31: The union territory of Puducherry emerged coronavirus free as the number of active cases stood at zero after the recovery of the solitary patient, a senior Health department official said on Thursday.
No fresh COVID-19 case was reported during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM Thursday from any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam, Director of Health G Sriramulu said.
He told PTI that with no new case of infection and with the recovery of the solitary patient, in home quarantine, during the last 24 hours, there was no Covid cases and nil active case. "We can say that Puducherry is Covid-free," he added.
The
Department
of
Health
tested
212
samples
in
the
last
24
hours
and
did
not
detect
any
fresh
cases.
The
overall
caseload
remained
at
1,65,774
and
with
the
recovery
of
one
patient,
the
overall
recoveries
went
up
to
1,63,812,
the
Director
said
in
a
release.
With
nil
fatalities
in
the
last
24
hours,
the
death
toll
remained
at
1,962.
The Heath Department has so far tested 22,28,522 and the found 18,73,466 of them to be negative. The test positivity rate remained zero and the fatality and recovery rates stood at 1.18 per cent and 98.82 per cent respectively.
The Department has so far administered 16,39,293 doses which comprised 9,50,199 first doses, 6,74,863 second and 14,231 booster doses, Sriramulu said in a release.