COVID-19 patient from TN hospitalised in Puducherry

Puducherry, May 1 () A 64-year old cancer patient fromneighbouring Tamil Nadu tested positive for COVID-19 and hasbeen admitted to the JIPMER here for treatment, PuducherryHealth Minister Malladi Krishna Rao said on Friday. The woman patient from Cuddalore district, bordering theunion territory, was on Wednesday admitted to the JIPMER, adesignated hospital for coronavirus cases, after she testedpositive for the contagion, he told reporters here. He said as far as the union territory of Puducherry wasconcerned there were only three positive cases and all of themhad been undergoing treatment in the government Indira GandhiMedical College Hospital. The total COVID-19 cases in Puducherry was eight,including five discharges. Rao said the health department has intensified the door-to-door survey and so far 13,31,353 people were covered underit. A total of 2,353 samples were tested so far and of them2,292 found tobe negative and the results of remainingawaited. CorVS VS