Puducherry registers five new COVID-19 cases

The total number of COVID-19 cases in Puducherry rose to 39 after five more people tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. All these patients hail from the peripheral pockets of the town. Expressing fear over the constant rise in cases over the last 10 days in the Union Territory, Health Minister Malladi Krishna Rao told reporters that the trend gives him a jolt and already opinions were coming forth that in



the country as a whole there would be a big spike in cases of the pandemic.

"If Puducherry keeps reporting high number of cases the administration would have to get ready one more hospital for accommodating the patients," he said.

Presently, the Indira Gandhi Government Medical college hospital designated as a coronavirus hospital by the ICMR has 700 beds, he noted.