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Goa now first Indian state with zero Covid-19 case; all patients discharged

Goa CM Sawant said that all the agencies, including the health department and police, worked in tandem for the results

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The last of the seven Covid-19 cases in the state was detected on April 3

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Goa is now India's first state to be coronavirus free as it has zero positive cases after all seven infected patients were discharged on Sunday.

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said all the seven persons are natives of Goa, but six of them returned to the state from abroad.

"The repeat samples of the seven Covid-19 patients have tested negative for the infection. While six of them had been discharged earlier, the last patient was discharged on Sunday," Sawant said, news agency PTI reported.

He said that after their recovery, all of them have been shifted to

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