PANAJI
High mortality for the third successive day continued to haunt the medical fraternity on the frontlines of the battle against Covid-19 as the State recorded seven deaths in the 24-hour reporting period of Tuesday-Wednesday.
Fresh daily infections also drastically rose to nearly 4,000 but the positivity rate declined significantly as testing was ramped up to 10,000-plus in a day.
According to the daily health bulletin issued by the Directorate of Health Services, as many as 10,153 samples were tested and 3,936 turned out positive for Covid.
Also, 3,119 patients fully recovered and the active caseload of the State rose to 22,807.
The 3,936 Covid cases number of the last 24-hours is the highest single-day jump of the current third wave.
Senior doctors who are part of the think-tank assisting the army of medicos on the frontlines told The Goan that the peak of the current third wave is still some days away in the State.
