PANAJI: Active cases have stayed under the 1,000 mark for the 19th consecutive day, but have been continually rising since the last weekend with more daily positive cases compared to recoveries reported.
Thursday saw 92 positive cases pushing the active case tally to 950 and positivity rate to 1.68% with 5,490 samples tested. Four persons succumbed to Covid-19 over the past 24 hours. Two deaths each were reported by Goa Medical College and South Goa district hospital.
Another nine people were hospitalised and 83 opted for home isolation. Eight persons were discharged from hospital and 71 recovered over the past 24 hours with recovery rate at 97.61%.
