Goa: Sunday sees 84 new Covid-19 cases, 2 deaths

PANAJI: The state’s case positivity rate continues to breach the 2 per cent mark with 84 new Covid-19 infections reported and 4,178 samples tested.
Active cases have been rising since Thursday, but the number has remained under the 800-mark for the ninth consecutive day.
Meanwhile, two persons in their 80s died to Covid-10 at GMC and at a private hospital in North Goa.
The 81-year-old woman from Canacona, with diabetes and hypertension, died after four days at GMC. She had tested positive for Covid-19 two days prior to hospital admission.
In the other case, an 85-year-old man from Guirim with chronic kidney disorder died after three days at Healthway Hospital. He tested positive for Covid-19 on the day he was hospitalised.
Sunday saw 16 new hospitalisations while 68 persons opted for home isolation. There were eight hospital discharges and 79 recoveries over the past 24 hours.
The recovery rate of the state stood at 97.7 percent.
Margao, Panaji and Porvorim currently have the highest active cases in the state with 89, 77 and 62 cases respectively. This is followed by Candolim with 42 case, Siolim with 37, Mapusa with 35, Cortalim with 33, Ponda with 31, Chinchinim with 30, Cansaulim with 29, Balli with 27, Betki with 25, Aldona with 22, Corlim and Chimbel with 21 each and Canacona with 20 positive c.
No health centre has nil active cases. Cansarvanem has one active case, Dharbandora two, Marcaim four, Mayem five, Valpoi six and Colvale eight. The rest of the health centres have active cases in double digits.