NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 5
Gujarat on Sunday reported 725 new coronavirus cases, its highest single-day rise, taking the overall count to 36,123 while the number of fatalities mounted by 18, including 9 in Ahmedabad, to 1,945, Health department said.
The infected patients included six staffers of the Gujarat High Court, an official said.
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With 486 patients getting discharged in the day, the number of the recovered cases in the state has risen to 25,900.
The state now has 8,278 active cases, of which the condition of 72 patients is critical, the department said in its evening release.
અમદાવાદના સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલના 56 વર્ષીય હેડ નર્સ સરલાબેને કોરોનાને આપી મ્હાત.પ્લાઝમાં ડોનેટ કરી કોઈકના પરિવારનો દીપ પ્રજવલ્લિત રાખવા સરલાબેન મોદી સંકલ્પબધ્ધ છે. ફરજ દરમિયાન કોરોનાગ્રસ્ત થયા બાદ 12 દિવસે કોરોનાને મ્હાત આપી, ફરી ફરજ પર હાજર થયા @civilhospamd @GujHFWDept @MoHFW_GUJARAT pic.twitter.com/xK3lSyahJj
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 5, 2020
With 254 new cases, Surat replaced Ahmedabad, which reported 177 new patients, as the highest contributor in the state on Sunday.
The cumulative case count in Surat now stands at 5,968 against 21,829 in Ahmedabad district, which has reported 1,484 deaths so far, it said.
Amid the rising number of cases in Surat, Navsari MP CR Patil held a meeting with representatives of the textile industry and said there was no need to shut the markets from where several cases have been reported.
#Surat में #COVID19 के मामले अचानक बढ़ने के बाद, #Gujarat के मुख्यमंत्री @vijayrupanibjp ने सूरत की मुलाकात ली…विजय रूपाणी ने कहा, सूरत को 200 वेंटिलेटर मिलेंगे तथा अस्पतालों के लिए 100 करोड़ रूपये आवंटित किये जाएंगे….@CMOGuj @GujHFWDept @DDNewsHindi @JayantiRavi pic.twitter.com/sSa0K1GORV
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 5, 2020
Patil said the utmost precaution will be taken to ensure social distancing.
With 64 new cases, Vadodara’s COVID-19 tally has risen to 2,563, as per the health department.
Of the 18 new deaths, nine were reported from Ahmedabad while six succumbed to the viral infection in Surat, and one each in Jamnagar, Gandhinagar, and Kheda, it said.
Among other districts, Rajkot reported 42 cases, Valsad 18, Bhavnagar 16, Bharuch 15, Junagadh 13, Kheda 12, Patan and Gandhinagar 11 each, Mehsana nine to name a few.
The number of recovered cases in Ahmedabad district rose by 216 to 16,829 in the day.
Surat and Vadodara reported recovery of 106 and 53 patients, respectively, it said.
A total of 4,12,124 samples have been tested for coronavirus so far in Gujarat, it said.
Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana – A Rs.14,000 crore package with a slew of measures to ease the burden on the middle-class, small traders, skilled workers and labours of the State who have been hit hard by the financial impact of the lockdown following the COVID-19 outbreak. pic.twitter.com/5LkbT3LWHn
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 5, 2020
Ahmedabad cases up by 177 to 21,892; toll 1,484
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad increased by 177, just five more than Saturday’s tally, to 21,892 on Sunday, the state health department said.
The death toll has risen by 9 to 1,484 in Ahmedabad district, it said.
The Ahmedabad model of coronavirus control.https://t.co/zltDvzQEuP pic.twitter.com/wo1CfFNMPm
— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) July 5, 2020
A total of 216 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of the recovered cases in the district to 16,829.
Of the 177 fresh cases, 162 patients were detected from Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation limits, and 15 from the other parts of the district, an official release said.
A first: Man, his 2 sons step forward to donate plasma in Ahmedabad https://t.co/tUXWlfi2Il
— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) July 5, 2020
Eight of the nine fatalities were reported from the corporation limits, it added.
Meanwhile, the AMC has increased the number of micro-containment areas in the city as cases have been reported from new areas in the city even as the overall number of cases has been on the decline in the last three days.
"The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible." – Winston Churchill.
This 97 yr young gentleman defeated #Covid_19 n discharged frm Nidhi Hospitl. Proved that positive thinking n faith in yourself can do wonders@Mukeshias @AmdavadAMC pic.twitter.com/pbFTEZYsYV— Dr. OM P. MACHRA IAS (@DrOmMachraIAS) July 4, 2020
The civic body has identified 19 new containment areas in addition to the existing 84 and removed four from the list.
The number of active cases in the city is now 15.3 percent of the total cases while the number of fatalities accounted for 6.9 percent of the total cases, it said.
A total of 15 new cases were reported from rural Ahmedabad in the day, taking its overall count to 876. Among them, 79 are active cases.
