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Puducherry’s COVID-19 toll rose to 521, with 4 extra sufferers succumbing to the an infection on Wednesday. The Union Territory recorded 491 new circumstances, from the 4,938 exams, taking its tally to 27,544.
The capital recorded three deaths and Karaikal one. The sufferers, all male, had been in the 44-67 age group. The fatality charge stood at 1.89%, positivity charge at 9.94% and restoration charge at 80.14%. Puducherry registered 382 new circumstances, adopted by Karaikal (76), Yanam (23) and Mahe (10), taking the mixture of energetic circumstances to 4,949. The variety of sufferers beneath house isolation stood at 3,134.
S. Mohan Kumar, well being director, stated 458 sufferers had been discharged after remedy over the past 24 hours, taking the overall variety of sufferers discharged to 22,074. Of the 1.84 lakh samples examined to this point, 1.53 lakh have returned unfavourable. Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi stated the police guesthouse at Gorimedu could be transformed right into a COVID-19 care centre for youngsters.
A reserve pool of workers will likely be created to substitute non permanent vacancies in PHCs. Nursing school and paramedical college students will likely be engaged as interns and drafted into the reserve pool to beat the scarcity of well being staff, Ms. Bedi stated after a overview assembly with well being secretary T. Arun.
Commune panchayats have been requested to inform disinfection schedules in rural areas.
Regarding the enclaves, the Karaikal administration will likely be submitting a plan to extend the mattress capability, whereas in Mahe, the mattress power will likely be elevated from the prevailing 270 to over 1,000.
The Ayurveda College could be transformed right into a Covid Care Centre after ongoing examinations conclude, the Lt. Governor stated. As the GH is functioning as a COVID facility, PHCs would cater to non-COVID sufferers. The testing in Mahe will likely be elevated from current ranges by deploying extra speedy antigen kits, it was determined.
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