PANAJI: New Covid-19 infections dropped to 18 on Sunday with 2,081 samples tested.
The last time the state reported under 20 fresh daily infections was back on June 2, 2020.
The active case load at 241 has stayed under the 300-mark for a week now. No Covid-19 deaths were recorded.
Goa’s weekly case positivity rate is on the decline. For the week November 7 to 13, North Goa’s positivity rate is 1 per cent for North Goa and 0.83 per cent for South Goa.
Five persons were hospitalised and 13 opted for home isolation. Three were discharged from hospital and 40 recovered over the past 24 hours.
All health centres, barring five, have under 20 active cases each. Margao, Panaji, Mapusa, Porvorim and Ponda have the highest cases with 23, 22, 21, 20 and 20, respectively. Betki, Cansarvanem and Madkai have no active cases.
Goa’s recovery rate is at 97.97 per cent.
The ministry of health has listed fever, dry cough, weakness, loss of taste or smell, irritation in throat, body ache, diarrhoea, skin rash, conjunctivitis and headache as common and rare symptoms of Covid-19.
