In the Union Territory of Puducherry, new COVID cases stayed below 100 for the last many days, as the case positivity rate stands at 1.65 %. AIR Puducherry Correspondent reports that the Union territory reported 76 new cases , includes 49 cases from Puducherry, 19 cases from Karaikal, 2 cases from Yanam and 6 cases from Mahe.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">No death has been reported in the UT today. The active case load stood at 658, including 99 in hospitals and 559 in home isolation. The recovery rate stood at 98.03% and the case fatality rate is  1.45%. The total number of persons vaccinated to date aggregated 10,51,235.</span><br />