Goa achieves recovery rate of 58.5 p.c

With 125 recoveries on Monday, Goa seems to be reversing the trend of COVID19 cases as the positive cases also showed a decline.
The recoveries also continued to rise with 125 cases recovering today taking the active cases to 745. The State currently has 1813 confirmed cases and 1061 recovered cases.

Interestingly, the recovery rate too jumped to 58.5 p.c. The national recovery rate is 60 p.c.
However, the worrying factor is that the cases have started to increase in the slums like Camrabhat and Indiranagar, Chimbel, besides Zuarinagar and Moti Dongor in South.
Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant today said that in order to tackle Covid-19 crises especially in the Containment Zone at Mangor Hill, antibody test will be carried out commencing from Mangor Hill in Mormugao Taluka.
        The Chief Minister who chaired a High level meeting held at Secretariat Porvorim convened to discuss and decide further plan of action as regards to Containment Zone at Mangor Hill Vasco said antibody test if conducted will help detect those infected with Corona Virus infection and further mentioned that it will be the test for antibody in the blood and it is immune for life time.
        The Chief Minister told the Councillors to coordinate with Revenue authorities in case of emergency and to deal with Covid-19 crises. The Chief Minister also instructed the concerned authorities to see that essential commodities such as food grains and other items are provided to the people of Mangor Hill Containment Zone. The Chief Minister directed the District Magistrate South to pay visit along with other concerned authorities and elected representatives to Mangor Hill to review the situation.