PANAJI: Three Covid-19 related
deaths were reported on Tuesday taking the death toll to 822.
A 75-year-old woman from Varca with hypertension and diabetes passed away due to severe bilateral
Covid pneumonia after 14 days at
GMC. An 82-year-old from
Reis Magos also succumbed to severe bilateral Covid pneumonia after 17 days at GMC. He also had hypertension, ischemic heart disease and other issues.
The third, a 47-year-old from Borda passed away after 12 hours of admission at GMC. He had diabetes and chronic kidney disease with Covid pneumonia. The state reported 133 new infections on Tuesday as testing rose to 1,901 indicating a worrying positivity rate of 7%. Twenty one patients were hospitalised over the past 24 hours and 62 opted for home isolation. Active
cases in
Panaji continued to rise and stand at 147.