Eight deaths, 520 new COVID cases in Pondy

Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release that eight more people including a 52-year-old woman succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours pushing the toll to 151.

Most of those who died had co-morbidities and were in the age group ranging between 38 and 84 years old. The Director said of the total 10,112 cases of infection so far 3,654 patients were active cases while 6,307 recovered and were discharged. The Director noted that the rate of fatality in Union Territory was 1.49 percent while the recovery rate was 62.37 percent.