PANAJI
Goa continues to record a high number of Covid deaths with the Health Department recording 70 Covid deaths across the state on Wednesday. With this, the total Covid victim count of the state has touched 1,874.
Of these, almost 58 per cent or 40 deaths occurred at Goa Medical College and Hospital followed by 33 per cent or 23 at South Goa District Hospital. Three deaths were recorded at North Goa District Hospital and two each at Hospicio and Community Health Centre, Valpoi. Three deceased were brought dead to the hospital.
Among the deceased was a 16-year-old boy who was suffering from epilepsy and mental retardation and a 14-year-old girl with liver cirrhosis with hepatic encephalopathy.
The Directorate of Health Services informed that eight of the deceased had received their first dose of Covid vaccination.
The daily Covid positivity rate was pegged at 42 per cent with 2,865 new cases being detected from among the 6,920 samples tested in the last 24 hours.
The medical infrastructure in Goa is presently crumbling under the weight of 32,791 active Covid cases. Till date, a total of 1,27,639 cases of Covid-19 have been confirmed in the state and the recovery rate has dropped to 72.84 per cent owing to the ongoing upward surge in cases.
