Panaji, Feb 9 (PTI) Goa on Wednesday reported 259 new coronavirus cases and six deaths linked to the infection, the state health department said, while the positivity rate dropped sharply to 8.66 per cent.
With new additions, Goa’s caseload rose to 2,43,387, while the death toll increased to 3,760, the health department said in a bulletin.
The daily positivity rate, or cases detected per 100 tests, was 8.66 per cent, down from 12.49 per cent on Tuesday when the state had recorded 469 cases on the back of 3,162 coronavirus tests.
The number of recovered cases in the state rose to 2,36,099 after 655 patients were discharged in the last 24 hours, the bulletin said.
Goa now has 3,528 active cases.
“With 2,990 new coronavirus tests, the number of tests conducted so far in the state has gone up to 18,42,667,” an official said.
Goa’s COVID-19 figures are follows: Positive cases 2,43,387, new cases 259, death toll 3,760, discharged 2,36,099, active cases 3528, samples tested till date 18,42,667. PTI RPS RSY RSY
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