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Goa: Daily Covid cases under 50-mark, testing falls to all-time low

Panaji: New daily infections continue to be under the 50-mark for the sixth consecutive day with 47 cases reported on Thursday.

Testing has also fallen to an all-time low with 2,483 samples sent for testing.

Four persons were hospitalised and 43 opted for home isolation over the past 24 hours.

One more person succumbed to Covid-19, details of which were not provided by Goa Medical College.

Active cases are at 437 and have remained under the 500-mark for the third consecutive day.

North Goa weekly positivity rate for the week is at 1.84 and 1.09 for South Goa from October 21 to 27.

In North Goa, 45% of the positive cases and in South Goa 60% of them were detected by Rapid Antigen Testing and the rest by RT-PCR testing.

Four persons were discharged from hospital and 64 recovered from Covid-19. Goa’s recovery rate is 97.8%.

Margao has the highest active cases with 52 followed by Panaji with 31, Chimbel with 24, Canacona with 21 and Ponda with 20. All other health centres have under 20 active cases.

A total of 955 persons took their first dose of the vaccine over the past 24 hours and another 4,738 people received their second jab of the vaccine.

As on date 8.8 lakh people are fully vaccinated and 3.5 lakh partially vaccinated.

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