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2 more Covid deaths, 97 fresh cases recorded

PANAJI
Two more Covid-related deaths were recorded in the state’s mortality bulletin on Wednesday pushing the total Covid victim count of Goa to 737.

The deceased persons include a 72-year-old man from Ponda and an 85-year-old man from Canacona, both of whom expired at Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim.

Additionally, 97 new cases of the infection were detected from among the 1,961 samples tested by the Health Department in the last 24 hours. With this, the total confirmed Covid-19 cases in Goa have risen to 50,981 of which 971 are presently active while 49,313 have recovered. The recovery rate is presently at 96.72 per cent.

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Questions raised over Colvale jail inmates’ access to phones

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Dec 31, 2020, 12:34 AM IST
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MAPUSAThe escape of the undertrial has brought back into focus the security apparatus in the highly-secured Central jail in Colvale.According to police officials investigating the undertrial escape case, the whole incident was well planned and coordinated to precision.A senior police officer informed that such precision planning can be carried out only when a person meets up or on the phone.“It appears that mobile phones are accessible to the accused in the jail which helps…

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