Panaji, Two more persons have tested positive for Covid-19 in Goa, taking the state's tally of positive coronavirus cases to five.

While one positive patient travelled from the Bahamas to Goa via New York, the second patient is believed to have contracted the ailment from his brother, an already confirmed Covid-19 patient and was under quarantine.

"Both the patients have been moved to the Employee State Insurance hospital, an isolation facility in South Goa district, dedicated to Covid-19 positive patients," Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said.