PANAJI: Goa reported 40 new Covid-19 cases, 62 recoveries and one death on Monday, taking the tally of active cases to 582. The state’s cumulative case count crossed 55,000.
A 48-year-old man from Belagavi, who was admitted to Goa Medical College (GMC), Bambolim, last week with complaints of severe respiratory distress, succumbed to the disease. He was suffering from hypertension. With his death, Goa’s
Covid mortality count touched 797.
With 1,168 swab tests conducted in the last 24 hours the case positivity rate was at 3%. The recovery rate stands at 97%.
Monday saw 12 patients getting hospitalised and 11 opting for home isolation.
The centres that have seen a marginal rise in cases over the last few days are Candolim, Chimbel, Panaji and Margao.
A fortnight ago, three centres, except Margao, had seen a dip in cases and their individual counts had dropped below 50.
In North Goa, the Candolim primary healthcare centre has the highest cases at 43 and in South Goa it is Margao with 86.