PANAJI: Two Covid deaths were reported on Tuesday taking the state’s death toll to 775. Meanwhile, with recoveries being more than new cases detected, the number of active cases reduced to 691. The day saw 59 people testing positive and 98 recoveries.
Two women – a 52-year-old from Raia, Salcete and a 71-year-old from Panaji - died at Goa Medical College.
The woman from Raia, who was suffering from chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) went into septic shock when brought to GMC and died within less than 12 hours of admission.
The day saw 32 hospital admissions while 43 patients opted to isolate themselves at home.
The state’s case positivity rate stayed constant at 4%.
The caseloads at the urban health center, Panaji and the primary health centre at Ponda saw a further drop. The Margao urban health centre and Ponda primary health centre too reported a decline in new cases.
In North Goa, the Mayem primary health centre has the least number of cases while in South Goa, caseloads at the primary health centres at Marcaim and Shiroda have dropped to four cases each.