: One more case of COVID-19
was reported in Puducherry on Monday raising the total tally to nine.
The case was detected after a 28-year-old man, hailing from Mahe, an enclave of Puducherry in Kerala, and residing in Puducherry, met with a road accident.
Treatment for his injuries revealed he was coronavirus- positive, a spokesman of the Department of Health and Family Welfare Services told PTI.
The mishap occurred on May 14 when he was riding a two- wheeler to the airport at Kannur in Kerala, where he was employed. He was since admitted to a hospital in Kannur, the spokesman said.
With this, the number of positive cases in the Union Territory has risen to nine, the spokesman said.
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