NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 26
Gujarat has reported 361 new coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours and 27 deaths, taking the total case count to 14,829 and fatalities to 915, a health official said on Tuesday.
‘હું પણ કોરોના વોરિયર’ અભિયાન અંતર્ગત વિખ્યાત ભાગવત કથાકાર પૂજ્ય શ્રી રમેશભાઈ ઓઝાનું સંબોધન.#HuPanCoronaWarriorhttps://t.co/Npz9ICF3cO
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) May 26, 2020
The state has been reporting over 20 deaths daily from the beginning of the month. Another 27 patients succumbed to the virus on Tuesday, out of which Ahmedabad had the highest casualties, 23. A patient each from Kheda, Panchmahals, Patan, and Surat also died on Tuesday.
જો તમને શરદી, ઉધરસ કે તાવ હોય અને હોસ્પિટલ સુધી જવું શક્ય ના હોય તો
ડાયલ કરો ૧૦૪
મેડિકલ વાન સાથે હું અને મારા નિષ્ણાતોની ટીમ નિદાન અને સારવાર માટે હાજર થઈશું #LifePositiveCoronaNegative #AmdavadFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/8gc69ZGKXZ
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) May 26, 2020
A total of 701 people, out of the total 915, have succumbed to the virus during May. To date, out of the total deaths, 745 people have died in Ahmedabad alone (over 81%), followed by Surat (63), Vadodara (35), Gandhinagar (13) Anand (10), Bhavnagar (8) and in Panchmahals (6).
#GujaratFightsCovid19 #CoronaWarriors #Gujarat pic.twitter.com/PfM0rLCwFd
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 26, 2020
On Tuesday, a total of 361 corona positive cases were detected in the state. Ahmedabad had the maximum number of cases with 251. Ahmedabad was followed by Surat 36, Vadodara 31, Sabarkantha 8, Gandhinagar 7, Jamnagar 5, Banaskantha, Mahisagar and Valsad with 3 each, Bhavnagar, Kutch, Aravalli and Navsari with 2 each and Junagadh, Panchmahals, Mahesana, Amreli, Patan and Rajkot with one positive case each.
અરવલ્લી જિલ્લાના લોકોને વીજ પુરવઠા સબંધિક કોઈ પણ જાતની તકલીફ ન પડે અને લોકડાઉન પોતાના ઘરોમાં બંધ રહેલા લોકો મનોરંજન સહિત વીજ પુરવઠા આધારિત પોતાની સુખ સુવિધાના સાધનોનો ઉપયોગ સારી રીતે કરી શકે તે માટે અરવલ્લીના ૨૫થી વધુ ઈજનેરોના માર્ગદર્શન હેઠળ પાવર સપ્લાય મેન્ટેનર દ્વારા… pic.twitter.com/fn4dQTxJIg
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 26, 2020
On Tuesday, a total of 503 patients were discharged. So far, 7,137 patients have been discharged in the state. The recovery rate of Gujarat has improved to 48.13%.
Now nearing the 15 thousand mark, the total number of positive cases in Gujarat has reached 14,829. Ahmedabad continued to lead the state with maximum positive cases 10,841, followed by Surat 1,387, Vadodara 885, Gandhinagar 232, Bhavnagar 118, Mahesana 103, Banaskantha 102, Aravalli 101, Sabarkantha 97, Rajkot 94, Anand 93, Mahisagar 91, Panchmahals 78, Patan 73, Kutch 66, Kheda 63, Botad 57 and Jamnagar with 52 cases.
અમદાવાદના વટવા વિસ્તારમાં રહેતી ૧૧ વર્ષની લક્ષ્મીને સર્વાઇકલ કાયફોસીસ થતા પિતા સુનિલભાઈ શહેરની ખાનગી હોસ્પિટલોનો સંપર્ક કર્યો, જ્યાં આ ઓપરેશનનો ખર્ચ ચાર થી પાંચ લાખ રૂપિયા જણાવવામાં આવ્યો હતો. આથી સુનિલભાઈ લક્ષ્મીને અમદાવાદ સિવિલ હોસ્પિટલ ખાતે લઈ આવ્યા હતા. pic.twitter.com/LHXpdQPDKh
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 26, 2020
Health authorities have so far carried out a total of 1,89,313 tests in the state, out of which 14,829 have been found positive.
There are 6,778 active cases in the state. The state health authorities have stopped giving the figures of the number of critical patients who are on ventilators after declaring 109 critical patients on ventilator on Monday.
મહિસાગર જિલ્લાના ઊંડાણ અને અંતરીયાળ વિસ્તારમાં આવેલા કડાણા અને સંતરામપુર તાલુકામાં વસતા આદિવાસી લોકો ગુજરાતના ખૂણે ખૂણે જઇ મજૂરી કરી પોતાનો જીવન નિર્વાહ ચલાવે છે. વૈશ્વિક મહામારીના કારણે ઉદ્ભવેલી કપરી પરિસ્થિતિમાં વનવાસીઓએ વતનની વાટ પકડી ઘર આંગણે આવી ગયા છે ત્યારે… pic.twitter.com/B5cSD7GDOm
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) May 26, 2020
Right now, there are over 3 lakh people quarantined in the state.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 14,829, new cases 361, deaths 915, discharged 7,137, active cases 6,777 and people tested so far 1,89,313.
A splendid capture! The pride of Gir quenches its thirst at a butterfly waterhole. Great job by @GujForestDept & @forestwala for developing such beautiful waterholes at Ambardi Safari Park in #Gir.#Wildlife @CentralIfs @drrajivguptaias @HoffPccf @Ganpatsinhv @PrakashJavdekar pic.twitter.com/mxG8IzJi4j
— Parimal Nathwani (@mpparimal) May 26, 2020
Four employees of pharma firms test positive in Ahmedabad
At least three employees of Intas Pharmaceuticals Limited and a manager working with Zydus Cadila Healthcare Limited have tested positive for coronavirus in Gujarat”s Ahmedabad district, an official said on Tuesday.
Plants of both these major pharma companies are located on Sarkhej-Bavla Highway on the outskirts of the city.
“Three employees of Intas Pharmaceuticals and a manager working at Zydus Cadila plant have tested positive for coronavirus,” chief district health officer Satish Makwana said in a statement.
At least three members of the manager’s family, who live in Bopal area, have also contracted the infection, he said.
In a statement, Intas Pharmaceuticals confirmed that three of its employees had tested positive for COVID-19 and it had also finished contact tracing of those infected.
Other employees of the plant have been asked to remain under home quarantine, the statement read.
Earlier this month, 26 employees of Cadila Pharma tested positive for the deadly infection and three of them succumbed to it last week.
