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The Union Territory recorded 627 new COVID-19 cases from 7,000 tests with a positivity rate of about 9%, while 18 deaths raised the cumulative toll to 1,536 on Monday. Puducherry region, which has been accounting for a bulk of the cases and deaths, saw the daily tally of new cases drop below the 500 mark for the first time in …

The test positivity rate and the daily mortality numbers have shown a declining trend in the past few days with the Union Territory recording 21 deaths and 1,223 new cases from 9,012 tests on Friday. The test positivity rate, which was in the vicinity of 20% through the beginning of the month, has dropped to a lower range of 12-16%. …

32 COVID-19 deaths recorded in Puducherry

The Union Territory recorded 32 deaths in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day toll yet, as the toll mounted to 1,151 on Sunday even as 1,961 new cases were detected from 9,446 tests. Puducherry reported 1,585 of the new cases in the Union Territory, followed by Karaikal, Yanam and Mahe. Vaccination continues Meanwhile, 165 healthcare workers, 228 frontline staff …

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U.T. records 21 deaths in a week, 1,676 new cases since August 1

In the worst week yet since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Puducherry has recorded 21 deaths and a total of 1,676 new cases since August 1. While the number of deaths, which were 49 a week ago, climbed to 70 — five deaths were recorded on Thursday, the case load has also shot up from 3,593 at the start …