Panaji: Two South Goa marriages, one of them with a group of guests from England, on Tuesday were identified as clusters responsible for the Covid Covid country doubling to 535 in 24 hours.
The newly reported daily case, which violated a 100 barrier for the first time in almost three months, including Vice President TMC and MP Rajya Sabha Luizinho Faleiro and Actor Ranvir Shorey’s 10-year-old son.
A health official said the contacts were “vigorously” carried out to identify and isolate all with positive testing after attending two marriages.
The health center that recorded an increase in infection including Margao, Cansaulim, Chinchinim and Cortalim.
Kaseload in Panaji is 68, the highest among all the units.
Towards the second wave of destructive pandemic from a pandemic from March to June, three high-profile cave weddings have played a role in a soaring case in Goa, said the source.
MP Faleiro said he was isolated himself with the doctor’s advice.
He instructed everyone who had been related to him to be tested earlier.
With the number of assembly polls, there has been a political increase and meeting in Goa.
Fellow MP Faleiro and National Spokesman TMC Derek O’Brien, who visited Goa recently, was tested positive in Kolkata and isolated at home, he tweeted on Tuesday.
Actor Ranvir Shorey announced on Twitter tested by his son on routine RT-PCR screening for returning flights from Goa.
“We are both fully asymptomatic and immediately quarantined until further investigation.
The wave is real,” he wrote.
Since September 30, when Goa recorded 113 cases, the state witnessed a decrease in clear infection.
For October, the daily average is between 50 and 80 on almost every day.
Throughout November, the daily calculation remained less than 50.
Goa has seen leaps in cases since Friday even as a test conducted less than 2,000 every day.
On Tuesday, the daily case of the daily case was 4% for 2,776.
Goa, along with poll countries, has been instructed to increase Covid testing.
With a single mortality, the number of deaths increased to 3,521, and the recovery rate was 97.75%.
41 recovery recorded.