5 test positive on Sat, Goa COVID-19 count reaches 13

Panaji, May 16 () The number of COVID-19 cases inGoa reached 13 after five people tested positive for novelcoronavirus on Saturday, a health official said.

The five included a man who was part of a group of1,000 workers brought to the state by the Goa State IndustriesAssociation to resume economic activities here after easing oflockdown restrictions, he added.

"They were quarantined in a hotel in north Goa. Allthe workers were tested and the report of one returnedpositive. He has been hospitalised," the official said. RPSBNM BNM