PANAJI
Goa on Tuesday was swamped by a Covid tsunami with the health department declaring 26 Covid-related deaths and 1,160 new Covid cases, the highest increase ever recorded in the state since the onset of the pandemic last year.
A total of 8,241 Covid cases are presently active in Goa while the total Covid victim count has touched 926. The daily positivity rate after testing 3,597 samples stood at 34.24 per cent.
With the state government refusing steadfastly to impose any effective restrictions on the borders and within the tourist state, over the last 20 days alone, the Covid cases in Goa have risen by 11,000 and 95 lives have been lost to the infection.
Of the 26 deaths disclosed in the Health Department’s mortality bulletin on Tuesday, 16 occurred at Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim, eight at South Goa District Hospital in Margao and one each at PHC Betki and a private hospital in North Goa.
The youngest on the list of deceased was a 34-year-old man from Thane with no comorbid conditions. Four other deceased patients including a 42-year-old man from Merces, a 47-year-old man from Mormugao, a 48-year-old man from Dona Paula and a 62-year-old man from Goa Velha also had no history of comorbid conditions. These five patients spent between two to 14 days at the hospital before succumbing to the coronavirus with all suffering from bilateral Covid pneumonia in their final stage.
Three of the deaths occurred in less than 24 hours of admission at the hospital. These include a 69-year-old woman from Bicholim who passed away at GMC within 15 hours, a 75-year-old man from Salcete who died at SGDH within six hours and a 53-year-old woman from Quepem who lost her life at SGDH within 30 minutes of admission.
A 41-year-old man from Peddem, a 46-year-old man from Parra, a 55-year-old man from Calangute, a 57-year-old man from Ponda, a 58-year-old man from Navelim, a 62-year-old woman from Tiswadi, a 64-year-old man from Candolim, a 66-year-old woman from Vasco, a 69-year-old man from Bicholim, a 69-year-old man from Panaji, a 71-year-old man from Panaji, a 72-year-old man from St Estevam, a 74-year-old man from Pernem, a 77-year-old man from Pernem, a 78-year-old man from Sindhudurg, an 80-year-old man from Verla, an 82-year-old man from Vasco and an 85-year-old man from Margao also passed away due to Covid-19.
The active Covid cases in poll-bound Margao have spiked to 950 with 705 active cases under Primary Health Centre Porvorim and 646 active cases under PHC Candolim. Almost every health centre across the state is presently scrambling to monitor the massive number of active Covid cases under its jurisdiction.
