For second day, Covid positivity rate dips in Goa

PANAJI: Goa reported 315 fresh cases of Covid-19, 534 recoveries and six fatalities in the past 24 hours, taking the tally of active cases to 3,599. For the second consecutive day, the state witnessed a dip in the case positivity rate, though marginal.
On Friday, the case positivity rate dropped to 7.8 % against 8.6% on Thursday, while the recovery rate went up to 96%. The mortality count rose to 2,976 with six deaths reported over the past 24 hours.
Three patients died at the Goa Medical College (GMC), one death each was reported by South Goa district hospital (SGDH), North Goa district hospital and a private hospital in North Goa. A 41-year-old man from Taleigao was the youngest among the deceased who died after two weeks of treatment at GMC.
Three women – a 61-year-old from Oxel, an 81-year-old from Aldona and a 60-year-old and two men – a 58-year-old from Sanguem and a 72-year-old from Merces – having comorbidities, died after few days of hospitalisation.
There were 34 discharges, 41 hospitalisations, while 274 patients were home isolated.
The caseload of Panaji urban health centre reduced to 207, while that of Chimbel primary health was at 222, the highest active cases in North Goa, while Aldona primary health centre was the lowest, 24 across all the centres.