PANAJI: Goa recorded 227 fresh Covid-19 infections, 171 recoveries and no Covid deaths over the last 24 hours. On Wednesday, the state had 1,788 active cases.
The case positivity rate was 4% and the recovery rate has remained steady at 97%.
Even as the state continued to be lashed by heavy rain throughout the day, 5,651 tests were conducted. About 1,500 tests were conducted at the border check posts.
As many as 22 patients were hospitalised and 15 discharged on Wednesday.
In North Goa, centres with relatively higher cases were as follows: Panaji - 83, Siolim - 73, Pernem - 68, and Chimbel - 61. The tally of active cases at the Casarvarnem primary health centre reduced to six while Mayem had 13 cases and Aldona, 14, the three centres with the least number of cases.
In South Goa, Margao had 124 cases and Cortalim 125, making them the two centres with a higher caseload. The number of cases at Ponda dropped to 98 on Wednesday.
