Woman dies of coronavirus in Pondy, toll climbs to 57

A 55 year-old woman died of COVID-19 at a hospital in Puducherry while 168 fresh cases were reported, pushing aggregate in union territory to 4,146. A release from Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar on Tuesday said woman patient was admitted to JIPMER hospital here at 5.10 am on Monday with progressive onset of breathlessness and she had pulmonary embolism.

woman died four hours later, official said adding she had co-morbidity. Director said overall active cases in Union Territory was 1,552 and total number of people who tested positive for virus were 4,146. He said 96 patients were discharged during last 24 hours ending 10 am. on Tuesday.

Of 42,322 samples tested so far in Union Territory, 37,719 came out negative and results of examination of remaining samples were awaited. 168 new cases were identified after examination of 812 samples during last 24 hours showing 20.7 percent positivity. rate of fatality was 1.4 percent, he added.