PANAJI
The Health Department on Monday recorded the highest number of new Covid cases as well as a record high number of Covid-related deaths with 2,321 testing positive for Covid-19 and 38 patients losing their life to the infection.
Despite the state government’s attribution of the high number of new Covid cases to enhanced testing capacity, the daily positivity rate stood at 34.2 per cent from among the 6,772 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The total Covid victim count of the state rose to 1,055 while the state presently has 15, 260 active Covid cases.
Of the 38 deceased persons listed in the mortality bulletin of the Directorate of Health Services, 15 were women and 23 were men. Eight patients died within 24 hours of being admitted at a hospital while three were brought dead.
Nine deaths occurred at South Goa District Hospital in Margao, 23 deaths at Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim, two each were brought dead at Hospicio in Margao and a private hospital in South Goa and one was brought dead at Asilo.
Meanwhile, Health Minister informed that the state government is in the process of notifying the North Goa district Hospital at Mapusa as a Covid Hospital to handle the rising number of Covid cases.
“To ensure we are equipped in view of the rising cases, we are planning to convert the North Goa District hospital as a notified Covid hospital in phases with additional number of beds and oxygen supply,” he posted from his social media handles.
