PUDUCHERRY: Nine more people including a one-year-old girl have tested positive for COVID-19 in the Union Territory on Monday taking the total number of cases to 128.
According to a Health Department release, eight patients are in Puducherry region and one in Mahe.
After the discharge of four patients on Monday after treatment, the number of active cases being treated stands at 75. So far, 53 patients have been discharged.
Presently, 34 patients are in the government medical college hospital, 39 in Jipmer, one in Mahe GH and another one outside Puducherry in Salem (Tamil Nadu).
Of the 9 positive cases on Monday, six were admitted to the government medical college, two in Jipmer and one in Mahe Government hospital.
The patients are residents of Govinda Salai, Kathirkammam, Gorimedu, Vinoba Nagar, Koyakulam, Veeman Nagar and Achariyapuram in Villianur.