Puducherry Chief Minister N Rangaswamy on Sunday said that all schools for students in classes 9-12 will reopen from July 16. All colleges will also be reopened from July 16.
Meanwhile, Puducherry amis to vaccinate whole Union Territory before 15 August. Till now it has crossed over 5 lakh vaccinations.
“People had vaccine hesitancy but now they’ve overcome it. Puducherry will be totally vaccinated before Aug 15, as per our plan” Puducherry Lt governor said on twitter.
The UT on Saturday recorded one death due to COVID-19 and 134 new cases.
The lone death was reported in Karaikal. The 68- year-old succumbed to the virus at the region’s government hospital, data released by the Health Department said.
Of the total new admissions, 96 were reported in Puducherry, 25 in Karaikal, 6 in Yanam and 7 in Mahe. The test positivity stands at 2.22%, case fatality 1.48% and recovery rate rose to 97.19%. The overall tallies are 1,769 deaths, 1,573 active cases, 1,18,831 total cases and 1,15,489 recoveries.
(With ANI Inputs)