The Union Territory on Saturday registered one COVID-19 death and 20 new cases.
An 87-year-old-person with co-morbidity died at the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research (Jipmer), taking the toll due to the virus to 668.
Of the new admissions, nine each were from the Puducherry and Karaikal regions while the remaining two were from Yanam.
The new cases were detected from 1,414 tests conducted in all the four regions.
Since the outbreak of the pandemic, 6,27,975 people were tested for the virus, according to data released by the Health Department on Saturday.
As of now, there are 30 patients at Jipmer and 50 at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Research Institute. There are 21 patients at government hospitals in the three other regions. Another 96 virus infected persons are under home isolation, the data said.
Puducherry registers two COVID-19 deaths, 16 new cases
The Union Territory on Saturday joined the rest of the country in vaccinating its healthcare workers from getting infected with COVID-19.
Trained nurses will be vaccinating around 24,000 healthcare workers, including those working in institutes such as the Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research and the Vector Control Research Centre in the coming days.
The vaccination campaign was launched in the Union Territory at the Rajiv Gandhi Government Women and Child Hospital (RGGW & CH). A trained nurse administered the first dose of the vaccine to Munusamy, a healthcare worker, in the presence of Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy. Resident Medical Officer Murali got the next shot.
CENTAC releases provisional allotment list for medical courses
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Candidates who have been allotted seats should download the allotment order using their dashboard login credentials, a release from CENTAC said.
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Candidates who have been allotted seats should download the allotment order using their dashboard login credentials, a release from CENTAC said. The Centralised Admission Committee has published the first round of provisional allotment list for NEET related medical courses in the Union Territory.
Candidates who have been allotted seats should download the allotment order using their dashboard login credentials, a release from CENTAC said.
Students can report to colleges, either in person or online, till December 24. Candidates can transfer the fees, fixed by the government, to CENTAC account by generating a NEFT challan using their dashboard login credentials. This will later be transferred to the accounts of r
The Union Territory recorded one death and 45 new cases
The second sero-survey conducted by the Health Department has found that around 21.7% of people residing in Mahe region have been exposed to the novel coronavirus till November 30.
The survey results were out two-days ago. The latest survey shows the number of people infected has increased by around 16% in one month as the first sero-survey conducted in September showed that 5.6% of the population have tested positive for antibodies, a Health Department official told The Hindu. As on November 30, one in five people was infected by the virus.
For the second survey, the Department collected blood samples of 230 persons for SARS-CoV-2 virus antibodies. Of the total persons surveyed, 138 were men and 92 were women.