PANAJI
Strange but true. The mortality bulletin of the Directorate of Health Services recorded 39 Covid fatalities across the State for the third consecutive day on Thursday.
Since May 25, the number of Covid deaths has remained suspiciously constant while the overall recovery rate has improved from 87.84 to 88.03 per cent.
The sample size for Covid testing has fluctuated widely over the last three days. The positivity rate stood at 30.70 per cent with 1,549 samples from 5,044 testing positive on Tuesday. The daily positivity rate was 32.22 per cent on Wednesday with 1,487 new cases being detected from the 4,615 samples tested on Wednesday.
However, the daily positivity rate slipped drastically to 25.27 per cent on Thursday with 1,504 samples testing positive out of the total sample size of 5,951.
Of the 39 deaths recorded on Thursday, the youngest deceased was a 19 year-old from Calangute. He was among the 11 deceased aged below 50 years. A total of 23 deaths were recorded at Goa Medical College and Hospital, eight at South Goa District Hospital, one each was brought dead at Primary Health Center Quepem, Hospicio and a private hospital in North Goa and the remaining deaths occurred at private hospitals.
With this, the total Covid victim count of Goa has risen to 2,538.
The state presently has 15,699 active cases of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the Covid vaccination drive has begun to pick pace due to the ongoing Tika Utsav to cover the age group of 45 years and above.
A total of 33 beneficiaries from this category received their second dose of the vaccine at existing vaccination centers on Thursday while one more was fully vaccinated at one of the 41 centers under the Tika Utsav. On the other hand, a total of 2,977 beneficiaries were administered with the first dose at the existing vaccination centers while 3,093 were given the first dose of the vaccine under the Tika Utsav.
OXYGEN ALLOCATION: In another development, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has allocated a total of 55 MT of oxygen to Goa on Thursday.
While Jindal Steel Works (JTPML) Dolvi will supply 20 MT, Tayo Nippon Sanso, Pune will provide 24 MT and Kolhapur Oxygen and Acetylene will cover the remainder of 11 MT of oxygen requirement of Goa.
