PANAJI
Eight more persons succumbed to Covid-19 in Goa raising the victim count to 626.
The deceased persons include a 60-year-old man from Sawantwadi, a 65-year-old man from Mapusa, a 76-year-old lady from Ucassaim, a 67-year-old man from Navelim, a 42-year-old man from Keri-Sattari, a 60-year-old lady from Chimbel, a 55-year-old man from Navelim and a 62-year-old lady from Ratnagiri.
Of the eight deaths, five were recorded at Goa Medical College and Hospital in Bambolim, two at ESI Covid Hospital and one at Manipal Hospital in Dona Paula.
With the addition of 183 new cases, the total confirmed cases in Goa have touched 44,472 of which 2,135 are active cases while 41,611 have recovered. The recovery rate has touched 93.78 per cent.
