PANAJI/MARGAO: The Health Department onSunday recorded four Coviddeaths and 209 new Covid-19cases.The number of Covid-relateddeaths now stands at 144 inthe state.With 453 recoveries, theactive number of cases hastouched 3,383. Of these, 276are under home isolation.The deceased persons includea 66 year-old man fromSakhali admitted at Goa MedicalCollege and Hospital,Bambolim who passed awayon Saturday, a 42 year-oldwoman from Ponda admittedat GMC with co-morbidities,who passed away on Sunday.Two persons with
co-morbidconditions lost their livesat the ESI Covid Hospital inMargao. These include a 51year-old man from Siolim,who died on Saturday and a75 year-old man from Margao,who died on Sunday.Meanwhile, the death of a75-year old man and a furtherspike in the number of Covidcases was reported in the jurisdictionof Margao UrbanHealth Centre on Sunday.What’s, however, worryingis the fact that the number ofCovid cases in the jurisdictionof the Margao Urban Healthcentre, covering Margao andFatorda, has witnessed a spikein cases. A total of 39 new Covidcases have been reported inthe city on Sunday as per thehealth bulletin.Incidentally, the numberof Covid cases in the MargaoUHC was pegged at 483 onSaturday, from 493 the previousday on Friday, with thecases coming down slightly.The Margao UHC area hasso far witnessed a numberof deaths in both Margaoand Fatorda over the last twomonths. Covid cases has sofar raised its ugly head at theMargao district police headquarters,the Margao MunicipalCouncil, Health centre,the Clergy Home, areas suchas Moti Dongor, Cine Lata,Gandhi market, besides residentialareas.The Municipal markets ofNew market and Gandhi markethad also registered Covidcases, prompting the SouthGoa district Collector, Ajit Royto issue a memorandum to theMargao Municipal Chief Officerto initiate certain preventivesteps in the two marketssince around 90 cases reportedin Salcete taluka had linkswith these municipal markets.
