PANAJI: Goa’s active caseload dropped below the 10,000 mark on Sunday with 826 new infections and 1,582 recoveries. Seven mortalities were reported during the day, with at least four, including a 50-year-old man having bronchial asthama, unvaccinated.
The daily case positivity rate was at 28.8% with 2,871 samples tested and active cases were at 9,658. Daily infections on Sunday were the lowest since the beginning of January.
Of the deceased, a 75-year-old woman from Korgao, who was unvaccinated, was brought dead to the North Goa district hospital, a 76-year-old man from Vasco, who was doubly vaccinated, passed away within 11 hours of admission at Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital.
All the deceased tested positive for Covid on the day they were admitted or a day prior to hospitalisation. One patient spent 12 days in hospital and the others spent fewer days before they succumbed to Covid-19.
The deceased— four men and three women—were from Socorro, Calangute, New Vaddem, Vasco, Pernem, Curchorem and Korgao.
Daily hospitalisations continued to be high with 46 persons admitted and 28 discharged. Another 780 persons opted for home isolation.
The weekly district positivity rate between January 22 to January 28 was 40.8% for North Goa and 35.8% for South Goa.
On Sunday, 137 persons took their first dose of the vaccine and 371 took their second dose. Another 284 healthcare workers, frontline workers and senior citizens with comorbidities, took their precautionary/booster dose. Around 80.7% of teenagers took the first dose of Covaxin. A total of 59,767 between 15-18 years have taken their first dose.
The daily case positivity rate was at 28.8% with 2,871 samples tested and active cases were at 9,658. Daily infections on Sunday were the lowest since the beginning of January.
Of the deceased, a 75-year-old woman from Korgao, who was unvaccinated, was brought dead to the North Goa district hospital, a 76-year-old man from Vasco, who was doubly vaccinated, passed away within 11 hours of admission at Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital.
All the deceased tested positive for Covid on the day they were admitted or a day prior to hospitalisation. One patient spent 12 days in hospital and the others spent fewer days before they succumbed to Covid-19.
The deceased— four men and three women—were from Socorro, Calangute, New Vaddem, Vasco, Pernem, Curchorem and Korgao.
Daily hospitalisations continued to be high with 46 persons admitted and 28 discharged. Another 780 persons opted for home isolation.
The weekly district positivity rate between January 22 to January 28 was 40.8% for North Goa and 35.8% for South Goa.
On Sunday, 137 persons took their first dose of the vaccine and 371 took their second dose. Another 284 healthcare workers, frontline workers and senior citizens with comorbidities, took their precautionary/booster dose. Around 80.7% of teenagers took the first dose of Covaxin. A total of 59,767 between 15-18 years have taken their first dose.
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