New Covid cases under 100 for 4th day, positivity rate 1.5% in Goa

PANAJI: The active Coronavirus caseload has stayed under the 1,000 mark for the eighth consecutive day and with 75 new cases, daily infections have remained under the 100 mark for the fourth consecutive day.
The positivity rate was 1.54% with 4,860 samples tested.
After nil deaths on Saturday, three persons were reported to have died on Sunday.
Thirteen persons were hospitalised and 62 opted for home isolation.
Five were discharged from hospital and 85 recovered from Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, with a recovery rate of 97.63%.
South Goa’s weekly (August 8 to 14) positivity rate at 1.92% was higher than that of North Goa at 1.8%. In South Goa, 70% of the positive cases were picked up through rapid antigen testing (RAT) while in North Goa 58% of positives were through RAT.
Margao with 80 active cases, continues to have the highest active cases in the State followed by Cansaulim with 75, Panaji with 56, Cortalim with 42 and Chimbel and Siolim with 40 cases each.
Only Vasco and Mayem have active cases in single digits with eight and three respectively. None of the centres have nil active cases.