Panaji: Goa’s daily Covid-19 infections fell below the 200 mark on Saturday for the first time since December with a positivity rate of 5.4%. The daily mortality count also fell to one. The last time Goa had this low mortality count in the beginning of January. With 472 recoveries on Saturday, the recovery rate was at 97.4%. The state’s active cases were at 2,488. During the day, seven persons were hospitalised, 150 opted for home isolation and seven were discharged. tnn
Panaji: Goa’s Covid case count doubled in a day with 469 new infections reported on Tuesday. The state also reported six Covid mortalities, including a 13-year-old boy with cerebral palsy. With 3,162 samples tested, the positivity rate was 14.8%. While the recovery rate was 96.8% with 910 recoveries, the state’s active cases were at 3,930. Among the mortalities, an 81-year-old from Valpoi was brought dead to the Valpoi health centre and a 70-year-old man from St Cruz died within 19 hours of admission at Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital. Four, including the 13-year-old, were unvaccinated, one vaccinated and data of the sixth person was unavailable. During the day, 16 persons were hospitalised and 453 opted for home isolation. GMC dean Dr S Bandekar said majority of the patients in the ICU are unvaccinated senior citizens.
Panaji: The Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) withdrew the trade and occupation licence of a ground-plus-one tea shop at the KTC bus stand and ordered that the business cease all operations immediately. The order issued by CCP commissioner Agnelo Fernandes has given respondent Tejas Kochrekar of M/s Harman Chahawala a month to obtain the necessary permissions, failing which, deemed action will be initiated against him. CCP found that the structure was built without a construction licence from the corporation, which is a violation of the provisions of the CCP act. Besides, development permission from the planning and development authority was also not obtained. However, the party replying to the corporation’s show cause notice produced permissions from KTC for allotment of space and an NOC for conducting the business.
Staff ReporterPanajiThe Commissioner of the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) has withdrawn the trade licence of a tea stall allegedly constructed illegally at the Kadamba bus stand in Panaji.CCP commissioner Agnelo Fernandes, in an order passed on Friday, withdrew the trade licence that was issued on May 25 last year to run a tea stall.The CCP in its order dated February 11 directed to stop all operations immediately as the construction of the ground plus one tea stall was without a construction licence from the CCP and developmental permission from the Panaji Planning and DevelopmentAuthority.Acting on a complaint filed by activist Aires Rodrigues, the CCP, on January 17, had issued ashow-cause notice.Rodrigues in his complaint to the CCP had alleged that the concerned party had manipulated the Kadamba Transport Corporation (KTC) and managed to get a piece of land leased out at the Panaji bus terminal in totalviolation of law.He had also pointed out that the illegal structure was blocking the pathway and compromising the safety and comfort of passengers.
Panaji: Four men lost their lives to Covid-19 over the past 24 hours while 296 new infections and a case positivity rate of 10.6% has been reported. Of the four deceased, two were unvaccinated and one had taken a single dose of the vaccine. No vaccination information was available of the one who died at a private hospital. A 57-year-old man from Bicholim with obesity and other complications was brought dead to the North Goa district hospital, Mapusa. He had taken one dose of the vaccine. A 32-year-old man from Sawantwadi with chronic kidney disease died within 19 hours of admission at GMC. He was unvaccinated. A 64-year-old from Porvorim died of Covid pneumonia after 17 days in hospital. He had diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney disease and was unvaccinated. A 75-year-old from Margao, who died after 10 days in a private hospital, had hypertension, chronic kidney disease and heart disease besides meningoencephalitis. Meanwhile, 22 persons were hospitalised on Thursday, double that of Wednesday. The number of active cases fell to 3,202. A total of 274 persons opted for home isolation. Fourteen persons were discharged from hospital and 618 recoveries were declared over the past 24 hours.
PANAJI: Goa reported eight mortalities and 221 new Covid-19 infections with a positivity rate of 7.7% on Monday. Six of the deceased were unvaccinated, including a 42-year-old from Vasco, while two of them were double-vaccinated. There were 24 hospitalisations with 197 persons put in home isolation over the past 24 hours. 28 people were discharged, while 500 persons recovered. Active cases are currently at 4,377. GMC dean Dr S Bandekar said there are 15 Covid patients in ICU at Goa Medical College, of which only three are vaccinated. “The three have severe Covid, however, the others who are unvaccinated don’t have severe Covid but other comorbidities like chronic kidney failure,” Bandekar said. Majority of the deaths during this wave have been among the elderly who are unvaccinated, he said.
Panaji: The daily case count continued to fall as Saturday registered 472 Covid-19 infections. With 1,219 recoveries, the state’s active cases were at 5,215. While the positivity rate reduced to 10.6%, the day saw six Covid-19 deaths. Of the six mortalities, two were unvaccinated, two double-vaccinated, one partially vaccinated and information for one was unavailable. Officials of the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital said two persons— an 80-year-old vaccinated man from Vapoi and an 82-year-old unvaccinated woman from Carmona, died primarily of Covid-19. In the others, Covid-19 was an incidental finding. Two women in their 80s died within 24 hours of admission at GMC. Besides, a 50-year-old partially vaccinated man from Mungul, having chronic liver disease, and a 38-year-old man with alcohol dependence, died at the South Goa district hospital. Daily hospitalisations fell from 52 on Thursday, to 28 on Friday and 25 on Saturday. While 15 were discharged from hospitals, 447 opted for home isolation. The weekly district-wise positivity rate has also reduced. For the week between January 28 and February 3, North Goa recorded a weekly positivity rate of 28.5% and South Goa 22.5%. More than 72% of the tests conducted on Saturday were RT-PCR and the rest were rapid antigen tests.
PANAJI: With 10 Covid-19 deaths reported on Friday, Goa’s fatality count shot to 3,727. In two days, 19 people have succumbed to the infection in the state. The active caseload reduced to 5,958 with 595 fresh infections and 1,322 recoveries reported during the day. The positivity rate stood at 15.9% while the recovery rate marginally improved to 95.9%. Two men, whose identities were not known, were declared brought dead to the hospital. All others who died, including two women, were in the age group of 60 to 90 years. Of the 10 deceased, four were fully vaccinated and eight had comorbidities. Four patients died at the Goa Medical College (GMC) and Hospital while three deaths were reported by private hospitals. A 73-year-old man from Margao, having chronic kidney disease and other comorbidities, died at a private hospital within a few hours of hospitalisation. A 90-year-old woman from Sakhali died at GMC within 15 minutes of her arrival. Others were hospitalised for less than a week while a few of them were in home isolation after testing positive. During the day, 28 patients were hospitalised and 31 were discharged.
