Two more die of coronavirus in Pondy, toll rises to 534

Puducherry:  Two more people succumbed to COVID-19 in Puducherry on Saturday, pushing the toll in the union territory to 534.
Director of Health and Family Welfare S Mohan Kumar said in a release that 225 fresh infections were reported raising the overall tally to 28,752.
The new cases were identified after examination of 3,410 samples, he said.
Of the 28,752 overall COVID-19 cases, 4,874 were active while 23,344 patients recovered and were discharged.
The Director noted that the fatality rate was 1.86 percent while recovery rate was 81.19 percent.
The Health department has so far tested 1.99 lakh samples and it was found that 1.66 lakh out of them were negative.