PANAJI: On Monday, Goa reported 128 new cases and 101 recoveries, taking the count of active cases to 1,428. With two mortalities reported over the past 24 hours, the toll rose to 829. The case positivity rate climbed to 8.7%.
An 85-year-old woman from Calangute and an 80-year-old man from Dharbandora, having comorbidities, succumbed to the virus.
With a spurt in new infections, 29 patients were admitted whereas 55 were home isolated.
The cases reported at Margao urban
health centre rose to 161, with about 10 staffers of a private hospital in the commercial town
testing positive. The caseload of Panaji urban health centre was 167.
Porvorim primary health centre’s case tally rose to 130 and it has been ahead of Ponda health centre which is also reporting a consistent rise in cases over the last few days. It has over 100 cases.
Other centres that reported increased caseload was Mapusa, Candolim, Vasco, Cansaulim and Cortalim.
After the advisory issued by the Goa legislative assembly consequent to Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserrate testing positive last week, several MLAs underwent
Covid test, including chief minister Pramod Sawant, tested negative.
The Covid test results of opposition leader Digambar Kamat, IT minister Jennifer Monserrate, NCP legislator Churchill and MGP MLA Ramkrishna Dhavalikar has returned negative.