The union territory of Puducherry reported a solitary fresh coronavirus case and zero fatalities in the last 24 hours, a top Health department official said on Monday. The overall COVID-19 tally in the union territory went up to 1,65,813 following the detection of one new infection after the testing of 25 samples, Director of Health G Sriramulu said in a release here. The number of active cases stood at 15, he said. One patient recovered during the last 24 hours ending 10 AM on Monday pushing the overall recoveries to 1,63,836. There were no fresh fatalities in any of the four regions of Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe and Yanam during the last 24 hours and the death toll remained at 1,962, the Director said.
