Death toll @ 335, active cases are 5,730; State recovery rate at 77.84 per cent
PANAJI
Covid-19 claimed eight more lives in Goa in the last 48 hours according to the daily bulletin released by the Health Department. With this, the number of Covid-related deaths has touched 335 in Goa.
In addition to this, 596 new cases of the infection have also been recorded in the state taking the total confirmed cases to 27,379. While 5,730 of these cases are active, a total of 21,314 patients have recovered with the recovery rate in Goa presently at 77.84 per cent.
The eight deceased persons were aged between 28 and 97 years. Four of the deaths occurred at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim while two were recorded at ESI Covid Hospital in Margao.
Out of the eight deaths, two patients were brought dead and two patients expired within seven hours of being admitted.
The deceased persons include a 28-year-old woman from Querim in Sattari, a 30 -year-old man from Navelim with acute pancreatitis and acute kidney injury, a 30-year-old man from Valpoi with diabetes, a 48-year-old man from Bandora with diabetes, a 51- year-old man from Sankhali with diabetes, hypertension and history of nephrectomy procedure and a 60-year-old woman from Karwar in Karnataka with diabetes and hypertension. In addition to this, a 68-year-old woman and a 97 -year-old man were brought dead to North Goa District Hospital on Thursday and were found to be Covid positive according to post mortem.
Currently, 192 beds are vacant in Covid care centres of North Goa and 480 beds are available in CCCs of South Goa.
CM recovers, resumes office
PANAJI: Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday resumed office upon completion of the mandatory home isolation period.
The Chief Minister, who tested positive for Covid-19 on September 2, remained under home isolation as he was asymptomatic. He chaired several meetings at his official residence at Altinho, Panaji and thanked all his well wishers for praying for his quick recovery.
Cases continue to rise in Bardez, but Aldona PHC bucks the trend
MAPUSA: Maintaining the ascending trend, Bardez once again reported over 100 positive cases on Friday, but the Aldona Primary Health Centre (PHC) managed to buck the rising trend among the six health centres in the taluka.
Mapusa Urban Health Centre and Candolim PHC made up for the bulk of the positive cases with 37 and 33 persons respectively reporting of the viral infection on Friday.
For the last three days, Aldona PHC has been reporting positive cases in single digits – two cases on Friday, four on Thursday and just one case on Wednesday.
Aldona PHC Health Officer Dr Preetam Naik said she was aware of the dwindling number and was trying to analyse the situation.
“I really don’t know the reason why few positive cases are being reported in the PHC. We have been carrying out 25 tests per day on an average and continue to do so till today,” Dr Naik said.
She, however, cautioned that one needs to observe results for a longer period of time to really come to a certain conclusion.
Of the two positive cases reported in Aldona PHC, one was from Carona and the other from Bastora.
Mapusa UHC Health Officer Dr Cheryl de Souza informed that 37 persons tested positive in Mapusa on Friday. Six persons tested positive in Khorlim, five
in Angod, four in Duler, three each in Ansabhat, Peddem and Dattawadi, two each in Ganeshpuri, Ekta Nagar, Carrasvaddo, Cunchelim, Morod and Xelpem and one in Dangui Colony.
Candolim PHC reported 33 positive cases, with Calangute accounting for 17 from the total. Seven persons in Reis Magos, two each in Saligao, Arpora, Pilerne and Candolim and one in Nerul made up the remainder of the cases.
Siolim PHC Health Officer Dr Sadhna Shetye informed that 23 persons tested positive in her jurisdiction – Siolim (8), Anjuna (7), Assagao (4) and Canca (3).
Colvale PHC reported 10 positive cases. According to Health Officer, Dr Damodar Narvenkar three persons each tested positive in Colvale and Tivim, two in Camurlim and one each in Revora and Nadora.
