NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 28
The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 15,572 on Thursday after 367 new patients were found since the previous evening, 247 of them in Ahmedabad district alone, a Health Department release said.
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During the same period, 22 patients succumbed to the infection, taking the death toll due to the pandemic in the state to 960, said the statement.
સાબરકાંઠા જિલ્લામાં કોરોનાના કેસ ગ્રામ્ય વિસ્તારોમાં વધુ છે. કોરોના સંક્ર્મણને રોકવા માટે વહિવટી તંત્ર દ્રારા યુધ્ધના ધોરણે કામગીરી થાય છે. pic.twitter.com/InabxL46H9
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 28, 2020
454 coronavirus patients recovered and were discharged from various hospitals, taking the total of recovered patients in Gujarat to 8,001.
કોરોનાથી બચવા માટે માસ્કનો ઉપયોગ વધ્યો છે સામે માસ્કની માંગ વધવાથી ગરીબ અને જરૂરીયાતમંદ લોકો સુધી માસ્ક પહોચાડવા માટે કોરોના વોરીયર્સ એવા એન.સી.સી કેડેટસ મેદાને ઉતર્યા છે. કોરોનાથી રક્ષણ માટે માસ્ક પહેલી જરૂરીયાત બન્યા છે. pic.twitter.com/wVZq4fkjdi
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 28, 2020
381 patients were discharged in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by 21 in Surat and 12 in Kutch.
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Besides Ahmedabad, other districts where the significant number of cases were reported on Thursday are Surat (44), Vadodara (33), Sabarkantha (8) and Kutch and Rajkot (seven each).
16 coronavirus patients died at hospitals in Ahmedabad, three in Vadodara and one each in Kutch, Patan and Surendranagar districts.
Out of the total 15,572 cases recorded in Gujarat so far, as many as 11,344 were reported in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by 1,465 in Surat and 947 in Vadodara.
The majority of deaths were also reported in these three districts: 780 patients have died so far in Ahmedabad, 65 have died in Surat and 39 in Vadodara.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 15,572, new cases 367, deaths 960, discharged 8,001, active cases 6,611 and people tested so far 1,98,048.
Ahmedabad registers 247 new cases; 16 more die
With 247 new coronavirus cases detected in the last 24 hours, the count in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat rose to 11,344 on Thursday, while the death toll increased to 780 with 16 more fatalities, said health officials.
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Out of the total 22 COVID-19 patients who died in Gujarat during the period, as many as 16 succumbed in different hospitals in Ahmedabad city, said a statement by the state Health Department.
At the same time, out of 454 patients who were discharged from hospitals across Gujarat during the day following recovery, 381 were from Ahmedabad alone, it said.
धन्यवाद @AmdavadAMC शहर के बोडकदेव इलाके में स्थित हमारी सोसाइटी दीप टावर में एक व्यक्ति #कोरोना संक्रमित पाए जाने के बाद उसे आइसोलेट करने से लेकर सोसाइटी को डिसिन्फेक्ट करने तक के तमाम SOPs को त्वरित अमल में लाने के लिए। @drrajivguptaias @Mukeshias @GujHFWDept @CMOGuj pic.twitter.com/LUkoE96dBy
— Nirnay Kapoor (@nirnaykapoor) May 28, 2020
Out of the total 960 COVID-19 deaths registered in Gujarat so far, as many as 780 were from Ahmedabad district alone. Notably, only nine deaths were reported from rural parts of the district.
Out of the 247 new cases that emerged in the past 24 hours, 241 cases were recorded in Ahmedabad city and the remaining in rural areas of the district.
Similarly, out of the total 11,344 cases registered in Ahmedabad district so far, as many as 11,160 were from the city alone.
Over 100 doctors tested +ve in Ahmedabad in 2 months
Over 100 doctors have tested COVID-19 positive in Ahmedabad city in the last two months, an office-bearer of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in Gujarat said on Thursday.
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While many of them were already given discharge following their recovery, some others are still undergoing treatment, secretary of IMA-Gujarat, Dr Kamlesh Saini, said.
A renowned orthopaedic surgeon from the city has succumbed to the viral infection, he said.
“Those who tested positive included senior doctors. A former dean of the B J Medical College had also tested coronavirus positive,” Saini said.
“The number of infected doctors could be more than 100 because many of them have not come forward and informed the association about their infection,” he added.
Several doctors attached to the civic-body run hospitals also tested positive during this period and around 10 of them are currently undergoing treatment, an official of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said.
Apart from doctors, many other frontline COVID-19 warriors like policemen, health department staff, the government staff involved in the distribution of ration to the poor, and teachers have also tested coronavirus positive.
Migrant worker who returned from Surat dies in home quarantine in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj District
A Surat returnee died while being on home quarantine at a village in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district on Thursday, police said.
The migrant worker was identified as 54-year-old Sarat Chandra Mohanta of Bhalubasa village.
Mohanta had returned to Odisha from Surat 10 days ago and was put under institutional quarantine at Betnoti Adarsha Vidyalaya for 7 days.
He was discharged from the institutional quarantine three days ago and advised home quarantine.
“The deceased had no symptom of coronavirus. Suddenly he felt restless this morning and came out of the house and died soon after,” Mohanta’s family members said.
His son works in a company in Surat.
Though the migrant worker had stayed at the quarantine centre for seven days after returning from Gujarat, the authorities had not collected his sample for coronavirus test, his family members claimed, which was confirmed by the in-charge of the centre and sarpanch of Nahandasole panchayat, Sumitra Majhi.
Ashok Kumar Nayak, inspector-in-charge of Betnoti police station said, a case of unnatural death has been registered and Mohanta’s body was sent to PRM Medical College and Hospital at Baripada for post-mortem.
The villagers are reluctant to join the migrant worker’s funeral, Nayak said.
“The body will be cremated in accordance with COVID-19 protocol after a medical team from Baripada collects the swab,” the inspector said.
