MARGAO
Yet another spike in the city here, Covid cases breached the 600-figure mark on Thursday in the jurisdiction of Margao Urban Health Centre.
The number of admissions of asymptomatic patients to the ESI Hospital, Margao, which has been notified as a Covid care centre, touched 40 on Thursday.
As against 591 cases reported in Margao on Wednesday, the number of Covid active cases in the city has touched around 660, a single day spike of 69 cases. This is the biggest single day spike in Covid cases in the jurisdiction of the Margao Urban Health Centre on Thursday.
Health officials have attributed the spike in cases to the testing of 500 swabs on an average at the South Goa District Hospital.
Meanwhile, ESI hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr Vishwajit Faldesai informed that the number of asymptomatic patients housed in the Covid care centre stood at 40 on Thursday.
He informed that while three patients have been discharged from the ESI hospital, two patients have been shifted to the South Goa district hospital on Thursday.
The ESI Hospital has allotted two floors of the hospital for the Covid care centre with a total bed strength of 84 beds. State Health authorities have also told the ESI management to gear up to make available the hospital as a back up facility if the South Goa district hospital reaches a point of saturation.
