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MARGAO
A fresh suspected case with symptoms of the novel coronavirus disease and history of international travel to affected countries has been admitted to the isolation ward created at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim, late on Saturday night.
The 36-year-old man had travelled to Goa from Kerala and was reported to GMC with symptoms of Covid-19. The condition of the patient is currently stable. GMC has forwarded his oral and throat samples to the Kasturba Hospital for Infectious Diseases, Mumbai, for tests. Reports are likely to arrive by Monday.
Meanwhile, the 26-year-old Russian female who was admitted previously has tested negative for the dreaded virus. The patient had travelled to Goa from Russia and had begun to show symptoms consistent with the onset of the viral disease. Apart from this, 126 people have been placed under home quarantine, of whom 65 are still under observation.
The cumulative number of patients admitted to the isolation ward of GMC presently stands at 19, of whom 18 have tested negative so far. The Health Department has identified a total of 70 beds so far in various government hospitals to be used for isolation patients. A total of 30 beds have been identified at GMC, 16 at Sub District Hospital, Chicalim and 12 each at Sub District Hospital, Ponda and T B Hospital, Margao.
Globally, 1,42,539 confirmed cases and 5,393 deaths have been reported till date affecting 135 countries and territories.
In India, 107 confirmed cases have been reported from 13 states and union territories. The dreaded virus has claimed the lives of two persons so far, one each from Karnataka and Delhi. India still continues to be in stage 2 (local transmission) of the pandemic. All efforts are being directed at preventing the onset of community transmission of the disease.
Goa continued to maintain a clean sheet with no confirmed cases of
Covid-19.
