PUDUCHERRY : Puducherry recorded seven COVID-19 deaths, including three women, on Wednesday while 286 fresh cases, the highest-ever on a single day here, were reported taking the overall tally of cases to 4,432.
The deaths during the 24 hours in the Union Territory took the toll to 65 so far since the outbreak of the virus, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told a virtual press conference.Of the four men who died, one aged 48 passed away in JIPMER while another patient died at the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital (IGGMCH).The remaining two were in the age group of 60 and 80 and they succumbed to the virus in the government General Hospital (GH) in Yanam, an enclave of Puducherry in Andhra Pradesh.Two women died in the.