Goa has become the first Indian state with zero COVID-19 cases as all its patients have been fully cured of the disease. authorities declared on Sunday.
“Zero indeed has great value! Immensely happy to announce that all the Covid-19 positive cases in the state are now negative,” Goa’s Health Minister Vishwajit Rane announced.
“A moment of satisfaction and relief for Goa as the last active Covid-19 case tests negative. Team of Doctors and the entire support staff deserves applause for their relentless effort. No new positive case in Goa after 3rd April 2020,” Chief Minister Pramod Sawant tweeted.
All the seven coronavirus patients in Goa have recovered. They have been moved to a hotel and being kept in isolation for another 14 days as a precautionary measure.
No fresh cases have been reported in the state after April 3.
“However, the state government is not letting its guard down, and is going to observe lockdown, social distancing norms,” Rane added.
