Panaji: In what can herald a worrisome situation, three people died on Tuesday due to Covid infection, the highest death for a day ever.

Moreover, two persons died before being treated for the virus while one died in ESI Hospital.

A 65-year-old woman who was tested Covid positive at GMC died on the way to ESI Hospital in Margao.

Another 52 year old man died at Azilo Hospital in Mapusa upon admission. He was also tested positive for the infection.