Another worker infected at Raj Nivas; Kiran Bedi, 35 others test Covid-19 negative

PUDUCHERRY: Lieutenant governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi, whose swab samples were collected after an office assistant at Raj Nivas tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, was tested negative for the infection. Results of a data entry operator hired on contract basis, who was among the 36 others others tested, came back positive.
Two patients died of Covid-19 in the past 24 hours, taking the toll in the Union territory to 16.A 48-year-old man with renal complications and high blood pressure, who was under intensive care, died at Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute (IGMC) while a 60-year-old with acute respiratory ailments died at Karaikal government general hospital.
Total reported Covid-19 cases in Puducherry stood at 1,200 including 49 fresh cases reported on Thursday. There are 565 active cases undergoing treatment — 373 at IGMC, 111 at Jipmer, 32 at Karaikal GH, 27 at Covid care centre, 20 at Yanam GH, two at Mahe GH. Thirty recovered patients were discharged on Thursday. The total count of recovered patients is 619 and positivity rate of the samples (772) tested on Thursday stood at 6.3%.
Healthcare authorities tracing infection sources found that a palm reader in Karaikal, who was not aware that he was infected, had passed the infection on to 13 people in the past four or five days.