New Delhi: The government has not taken any official decision to impose night curfew in the coastal state, said Goa CM Pramod Sawant on Thursday. "Spoke to chief minister Pramod Sawant on imposing night curfew in the state on lines of the state of Delhi and Karnataka. Goa being a tourism state, it is imperative to have strict SOPs in place, to sustain tourism activities in keeping with COVID-19 guidelines," tweeted Rane. Goa on Wednesday reported 97 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the count of infections to 50,981, a health department official said. Goa's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 50,981, new cases 97, death toll 737, discharged 49,313, active cases 931, samples tested till date 3,97,386.

Source: Mint December 31, 2020 09:00 UTC