Goa hits double-digit milestone, sees highest single-day spike with 11 cases

GOA: Goa’s count of active Covid-19 cases jumped from 39 to 47 in a day, as 11 train passengers tested positive for the novel coronavirus even as three patients were cured and discharged. “All (the 11) travelled by train from Maharashtra, and they are under treatment at the ESI (Covid) hospital,” said director of health services Dr Jose D’Sa.
CM: Of 66 cases, 61 asymptomatic
Chief minister Pramod Sawant said on Sunday that of the 66 Covid-19 positive cases the state has seen since March, 61 were found to be asymptomatic. “Five (of the 66) had mild symptoms,” he said.
The patients who were discharged on Sunday after being cured of Covid-19 tested negative twice, and will stay in facility quarantine for seven days. After this, they will be home-quarantined for another seven days, as per the state government’s standard operating procedure (SOP). Goa has conducted a total of 12,499 tests till Sunday. The day also saw three suspects admitted in isolation wards and 705 persons placed in various facility quarantine locations. Since the spurt in cases last week, the state government increased the number of beds at the Covid hospital from 100 to 170, with a provision to add 30 more.