<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Puducherry, the downward trend in Corona virus disease continued with just 70 persons testing positive for the virus in all the four regions.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">No death was reported by the COVID-19 infection today.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR correspondent reports, according to the COVID-19 status report released by the Health Department, 62 of the new cases were reported in Puducherry region, six in Yanam and two in Mahe.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">No positive cases were reported in Karaikal. Meanwhile, 482 persons were discharged from various hospitals.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">So far, 35,178 persons were infected by the virus of which 31,627 were treated and discharged and 595 died leaving 2,956 active cases.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Now, the fatality rate in the UT is 1.69 per cent and recovery rate 89.91 per cent. </span><br />''