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As many as 1,055 persons tested positive for COVID-19, while 32 died of the infection in Goa on Friday, an official from the state health department said. With this, the coastal state's COVID-19 caseload has risen to 1,53,456 and the toll mounted to 2,570, the official said. The count of recoveries in the state reached 1,35,560, after 1,396 were discharged from hospitals during the day, he said, adding that the state is now left with 15,326 active cases. With 4,865 swabs tested during the day, the total number of tests conducted in the state has gone up to 8,12,415, the official said. G...

The coastal state recorded 927 COVID-19 cases and six casualties during the day. Speaking to reporters, Sawant said while some states have gone for lockdowns and night curfews to control the spread of the virus, the Goa government is not planning to do so. The state government is augmenting its COVID-19 treatment facilities, by adding 60 beds at the Goa Medical College and Hospital, which currently has 180 beds, while 150 beds will be set up at South Goa District Hospital in Margao in addition to the existing 309, the chief minister said. The ESI Hospital in Margao, which was earlier func...