In the Union Territory of Puducherry, 10,701 persons were administered the Covid vaccine so far. 9668 health workers were given the vaccine in 29 days while, 1033 frontline workers were vaccinated in 18 days. The 2 nd phase of Covid 19 Vaccination drive has began in the UT and 36 elderly people took vaccination so far.<br />''<br />''Health Director Dr Mohan Kumar said that this phase will cover all citizens above 60 years of age and those above the age of 45 years with specified co-morbidities. Vaccines will be available in any of the 17 government based centres. Senior citizens can visit these centres with any age proof document like Aadhar card , voter ID etc and those above 45 years can take their medical report of their health condition.<br />''<br />''Total number of active cases in the union territory rise to 174. Presently, 79 persons are being treated in hospitals and another 95 positive cases are under home isolation in the union territory. The case fatality rate in the UT is 1.68 percent and recovery rate 97.88 per cent. <br />