Panaji: One year old child became the youngest one to succumb to COVID-19 infection in Goa on Wednesday when the state witnessed the case load increase by 356, an official said.
Health department official told reporters that that one year old child with chronic kidney disease died at Goa Medical College and Hospital near here after being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection on Wednesday.
Four people died on Wednesday due to COVID-19 infection taking the death toll to 519.
The state now has 39,438 cases and 34,731 people have recovered, he said.
A total of 1,483 samples were tested for the infection during the day, he added.
