Goa has reported four Covid-19 deaths for the third consecutive day on Tuesday. With this, 19 deaths due to the virus have been reported in the state in the past five days. These are disturbing figures for a small state like Goa. It may be recalled that a few days back Mumbai had reported zero deaths in a day due to Covid-19. However Goa’s weekly case positivity rate has been on the rise with 2.1 per cent in North Goa as compared to 1.4 in South Goa in the week gone by. With the state having all facilities available to treat the Covid-19 in place including availability of oxygen, the death figures come as a surprise. Schools in Goa have reopened. However it is learnt that a school in Bicholim was forced to shift its first term examination from offline mode to online mode after a class X student tested positive for Covid-19. Hopefully Goa is not witnessing the start of the third wave. The government needs to find out the reason for the deaths occurring due to the virus and take necessary preventive measures.
