Goa reports 89 new infections, state tally now at 1,128

Goa registered its highest single-day rise in COVID-19 cases on Saturday with 89 people testing positive for novel coronavirus, taking the state's infection count to 1,128, an official said. Fifty people were discharged during the day, leaving  the state with 706 active cases, two having succumbed to the infection, he added.

"Of the 2,237 samples tested on Saturday, 89 are



positive, 1,240 negative and 908 reports are awaited. 

In random testing carried out in Vasco's Zuarinagar, one of the state's biggest slum pockets, 24 people were detected with the infection," the official added.

Goa's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases: 1128, new cases: 89, deaths: 02, discharged: 420, active cases 706, samples tested till date: 61687.