MARGAO
In another major spike in cases in Margao, the number of active Covid cases touched 386 on Saturday as against 339 cases on Friday, an increase by 47 cases in a single day.
The total number of admissions in the ESI hospital, which is notified as a Covid care centre by the district administration also registered a rise on Saturday. While the total admissions of asymptomatic patients in the Covid care centre stood at 23 on Friday, the number has gone up to 27 on Saturday, with five more patients admitted in the hospital.
Health officials informed that the rise of Covid cases by 47 in a single day is a cause for concern, indicating that the Covid situation is turning bad with each passing day.
The huge spike in cases on Saturday came after a lull of active cases on Friday, which had seen a margin decline.
A senior health official pointed out that these cases have been reported in the jurisdiction of Margao Urban Health Centre and pertains to both locals as well as visitors.
The State health authorities have already issued directions to enhance the capacity of the South Goa district hospital to a 350-bedded hospital in the wake of the spike in the Covid cases.
The ESI hospital, Margao, which is presently being notified as a Covid care centre, has been alerted by the State health authorities that the management should gear up as a back up hospital facility in the event the situation goes out of control.
Health officials in private say the administration should go about cracking a whip against people flouting Covid safety norms and resort to restrictions to arrest the rise in cases. South Goa District Magistrate, South Ruchika Katyal, IAS has this week issued an order under section 144 of the CrPC, imposing restriction on all types of gatherings in the district.
