<span style="color: #222222;">In Puducherry, 5 more persons were tested positive for the Corona Virus Disease (COVID-19) taking the total to 68, Health minister Malladi Krishna Rao said today.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">While interacting with the media persons here, the minister said that meanwhile, six persons were discharged from hospitals and the active cases now under treatment here in 62.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The minister said that the Indira Gandhi government Medical College which the exclusive COVID hospital here would be made operational for all other diseases. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">From next Monday onward, a separate COVID unit will be arranged and all other treatment facilities will be restored, he said adding that similarly, the ESI hospital at Gorimedu will also be made operational soon.</span><br />''