PANAJI: State reported one Covid-19 related death on Sunday taking the death toll to 807. A 73-year-old man from Quepem passed away due to severe bilateral Covid pneumonia after six days of hospitalisation at GMC. He had diabetes, hypertension, ischaemic heart disease and nephropathy.
New Covid-19 infections dropped from 93 to 66 and 1,310 samples were tested. The case positivity rate was at 5%and 749 active cases with 83 recoveries.
On Sunday, 13 persons were hospitalised and 35 opted for home isolation. Panaji and Margao health centres have over 100 active cases.