The Puducherry health department said, 30 health officials including doctors have tested positive for Covid-19 last week.
In a statement on Sunday, the health department’s Director, G. Sriramalu said: “In the last one week, 30 health officials including 12 doctors tested positive in the union territory. They are undergoing treatment.”
The department also said that the Government Hospital For Chest Disease in Puducherry has been converted into a Covid care centre and 180 beds are arranged for the exclusive treatment of infected patients.
Forty-three beds were occupied by patients on Sunday.
On Sunday, there were 160 new Covid cases, which took the active caseload to 1,28,021.
The number of deaths has increased to 1,187.