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2021 begins with 69 fresh Covid cases

PANAJI
The New Year 2021 began on a strong note with no Covid-related deaths being reported in the State’s mortality bulletin on Friday.

Mere 69 new cases of the infection were detected from among the 1,463 samples tested in the last 24 hours. With this, a total of four lakh persons have been tested in Goa for Covid-19 so far. 

A total of 51,135 confirmed cases have been recorded so far of which 49,466 have recovered so far while 930 are currently active. The recovery rate stands at 96.74 per cent. 

There have been a total of 739 Covid deaths recorded in the State till date.

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AAP hails grandmaster Leon

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Jan 2, 2021, 12:39 AM IST
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PANAJIAam Aadmi Party on Friday hailed Leon Mendonca on being declared a grandmaster in chess.AAP Goa Convener Rahul Mhambre while congratulating Leon pointed out that he is the second Goan to earn this title.“Goa has a lot of potential in sports. The government must put in extra efforts to encourage budding sportsmen and sportswomen. Today, the entire State is proud of grandmaster Leon,” said Rahul.The 14-year-old Leon is the 67th grandmaster in India.

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