One death, 57 new cases reported

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Feb 24, 2021, 12:33 AM IST

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One Covid death was recorded in Goa on Tuesday raising the state’s Covid victim count to 788.

The deceased person was a 30-year-old man from Calangute with ALD cirrhosis. He passed away at Goa Medical College and Hospital, Bambolim.

Meanwhile, a total of 57 new cases of the infection were detected from among the 1,776 samples tested in the last 24 hours. The total confirmed cases now stand at 54,648 of whom 479 are presently active while 53,381 have recovered.

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Ramp up speed, widen coverage of vaccination to avoid second wave: IMA

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Feb 24, 2021, 12:33 AM IST

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PANAJIIndian Medical Association - Goa on Tuesday wrote to the Directorate of Health Services voicing the urgent need to ramp up the speed and widen the coverage of Covid-19 vaccination in the state to prevent a second wave of the pandemic.In the letter, IMA-Goa president Dr Vinayak Buvaji has sought to highlight certain issues while also suggesting a slew of measures to streamline the effective delivery of the vaccine. He stressed that the success of vaccination and the…