Covid strikes co-morbid patients, 4 more dead

PANAJI/MARGAOThe Health Department on Sunday recorded four Covid deaths and209 new Covid-19 cases. The number of Covid-related deaths now stands at 144 in the state.  With 453 recoveries, the active number of cases has touched 3,383.Of these, 276 are under home isolation. The deceased persons include a 66 year-old man from Sakhaliadmitted at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim whopassed away on Saturday, a 42 year-old woman from Ponda admittedat GMC with co-morbidities, who passed away on Sunday. Twopersons with co-morbid conditions lost their lives at the ESI CovidHospital in Margao. These include a 51 year-old man from Siolim,who died on Saturday and a 75 year-old man from Margao, who diedon Sunday. Meanwhile, the death of a 75-year old man and a further spike in thenumber of Covid cases was reported in the jurisdiction of MargaoUrban Health Centre on Sunday.What’s, however, worrying is the fact that the number of Covid casesin the jurisdiction of the Margao Urban Health centre, coveringMargao and Fatorda, has witnessed a spike in cases. A total of 39 newCovid cases have been reported in the city on Sunday as per the healthbulletin.Incidentally, the number of Covid cases in the Margao UHC waspegged at 483 on Saturday, from 493 the previous day on Friday, withthe cases coming down slightly.However, the latest health bulletin released on Sunday again showed asurge in the number of Covid cases in Margao UHC, with a cases putat a whopping 522, a rise of 39 cases in a single day.The Margao UHC area has so far witnessed a number of deaths inboth Margao and Fatorda over the last two months. Covid cases hasso far raised its ugly head at the Margao district police headquarters,the Margao Municipal Council, Health centre, the Clergy Home, areassuch as Moti Dongor, Cine Lata, Gandhi market, besides residentialareas.The Municipal markets of New market and Gandhi market had alsoregistered Covid cases, prompting the South Goa district Collector,Ajit Roy to issue a memorandum to the Margao Municipal ChiefOfficer to initiate certain preventive steps in the two markets sincearound 90 cases reported in Salcete taluka had links with thesemunicipal markets.