In highest daily toll yet, 11 succumb to Covid in Goa

PANAJI: Goa’s Covid-19 death count shot up to 256 on Tuesday as the state recorded its biggest single-day fatalities with 11 people — eight men and three women — succumbing to the virus.
Four of them died within 24 hours of admission to hospital whereas a 45-year-old woman from Navelim was brought dead to the hospital on Sunday. Her autopsy report stated that Covid-19 was the cause of death.
Of the 11 fatalities reported during the past 24 hours, six were reported from the Goa Medical College (GMC) and hospital, Bambolim, three from the ESI-Covid hospital, Margao, and one from the South Goa district hospital.
Two men — a 67-year-old from Pernem and a 53-year-old from Margao — who developed acute respiratory distress symptoms (ARDS) immediately after their admission, had no history of any comorbid conditions. The 67-year-old man remained hospitalised for 20 days whereas the man from Margao died a little after an hour of being brought to the GMC.
Other deaths reported from the GMC are that of two women — a 56-year-old from Ponda and a 47-year-old from Bicholim — and of two men — a 70-year-old from Zuarinagar and a 60-year-old from Chimbel. All of them had one or more comorbidities.
On Tuesday, the state’s tally of active cases dropped slightly to 4,499 as 457 new infections were detected and 448 recoveries were reported.
The state capital of Panaji reported 28 new infections, taking its active cases to 217.
The places that have continued to witness a spike in cases are Sakhali, Pernem, Mapusa, Porvorim, Margao and Ponda.
In North Goa, Porvorim reported the highest number of active cases at 278, and in South Goa, the count of active cases in Ponda stood at 297.