Bogmalo panch dies of Covid-19

The Goan NetworkPublished May 14, 2021, 12:55 AM IST

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Bogmalo’s first sarpanch and sitting panch Inacio Figueiredo succumbed to Covid-related complications on Thursday.

Sources added that Figueredo (58) was the first sarpanch of Bogmalo-Chicolna panchayat when it was formed in the 1980s.

"Ward 1 Panch Inacio Figueredo had got infected with Covid and was admitted to the Chicalim Sub District Hospital. He was later shifted to South Goa District Hospital, where he breathed his last in the hospital on Thursday evening," said the source.

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3 MORE SUCCUMB TO COVID IN CANACONA, 72 NEW CASES

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published May 14, 2021, 12:55 AM IST

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CANACONAThree persons, including an ex-sarpanch of Poinguinim, succumbed to Covid in a day, even as 72 fresh cases were detected in Canacona taluka on Thursday.Kusta Talponkar, who served as Sarpanch from 2003 to 2005, a woman from Agonda and a man from Chaudi-Canacona died from Covid-related complications.Canacona recorded 72 new cases on Thursday, taking the active cases to 671 in the taluka. So far, 24 persons have succumbed to the virus.Meanwhile, 380 people above 45…