PANAJI: Even as one more
Covid related death was reported, the state recorded its lowest daily infections in five months.
Daily infections that have been hovering over 100 during the past fortnight, dropped to 57 on Sunday.
This is the lowest daily count for the state in 160 days. It last recorded such a low count way back on July 6 with 52 cases.
Average daily infections in July stood at 148. This rose to 371 in August and 530 in September and fell to 329 in October and 145 in November.
TOI on Saturday reported that Goa’s positivity rate dropped to 3%, the lowest since June.
Even as cases are on the decline, a 61-year-old female from Mapusa died after eleven days of admission at Goa Medical College. The patient with diabetes and hypertension, developed Covid pneumonia and died of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and sepsis.
Cumulative deaths in the state stand at 707, while the total Covid cases is 49,362. A total of 101 patients recovered over the past 24 hours and 20 new hospitalisations were reported. Seven persons opted for home isolation.
Margao urban health centre has 119 active Covid cases, while at Porvorim the tally has dropped to 88 followed by Candolim with 64 cases and Curchorem with 50 cases. Active Covid cases are down to single digits in three health centres, Marcaim (8), Sanguem (5) and Marcaim (3).
The state’s recovery rate is 96.4%.