Goa: June saw 73% less deaths, 83% less cases than May

PANAJI: For more than a week new daily Covid-19 infections have stayed below the 300 mark and daily mortalities below ten.
Wednesday saw 240 infections and six deaths with a positivity rate of 5.7%. Four of the deaths took place at the Goa Medical College and two at Victor Hospital and Mothercare Hospital, Margao.
A 67-year-old man with hypertension and diabetes from Navelim passed away within 24 hours of hospitalisation at GMC. A 40-year-old man with hypertension and a 65-year-old man with hypertension and chronic kidney disease, both from Sindhudurg, also passed away at GMC.
The other deaths were seen in a 62-year-old man from Canacona with AKI and diabetes, an 81-year-old from Varca with no comorbidities and a 70-year-old from St Cruz with diabetes, hypertension and heart disease.
Another 27 persons were hospitalised over the past 24 hours and 19 were discharged. A total of 201 persons recovered and the state’s recovery rate is 96.8%. There are presently 2,274 active cases, a scenario seen around April 25, this year.
Cases for the month of June were down by 83% compared to May and deaths were down by 73%.
Health department’s statistics indicate 11,023 cases were reported in June compared to 64,614 in May and deaths in June are from to 405 from an all time high of 1,482 in May.