PUDUCHERRY: Puducherry reported 52 fresh coronavirus cases during the last 24 hours raising the overall tally to 1,27,396, an official of health department said on Sunday.
One patient succumbed in Mahe pushing the death toll to 1,850, said director of the health department G Sriramulu.
The 52 new infections were identified at the end of the examination of 4,119 samples. The fresh cases were spread over Puducherry (35), Karaikal (9), Mahe (7) and Yanam (1), he said.
The test positivity rate in the union territory was 1.26 per cent while the fatality and recovery rates were 1.45 per cent and 98.09 per cent respectively.
