In the last 24 hours, Puducherry saw the overall recoveries of 1,72,723. No fresh fatality was reported from any of the four regions in the Union Territory and the death toll remained at 1,974.
The Director said the test positivity rate was 0.85 per cent, while fatality and recovery rates were 1.13 per cent and 98.78 per cent, respectively. The Health Department has so far examined 24,15,966 samples and found 20,47,237 of them to be negative.
The Director said the department has till now administered 22,42,841 doses which comprised 9,93,439 first doses, 8,57,452 second doses and 3,91,950 booster doses.
(With PTI inputs)
