: One more case of COVID-19was 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.Six people, including a woman and her daughter, are undergoing treatment in the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College Hospital here.There are two patients undergoing treatment in the Government General hospital in Karaikal. They included a woman, a Dubai returnee.Five people, hailing from neighbouring Tamil Nadu districts of Cuddalore and Villupuram, are undergoing treatment in the Central government-administered JIPMER.
