Updated: While the test positivity rate now stands at 1.91%, the recovery rate is also 1.91% Share Article AAA A staff nurse taking the throat swab of a woman for COVID-19 testing. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: KUMAR SS While the test positivity rate now stands at 1.91%, the recovery rate is also 1.91% The Puducherry Union Territory on Saturday recorded one COVID-19 death and 147 new cases. A 54-year-old person succumbed to the virus at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College and Research Institute. Of the 147 persons who tested positive for the virus while screening 7,708 people during the last 24 hours ending 10 a.m. on Saturday, 103 are from Puducherry region and the remaining in the enclaves, data released by the Health Department said.