NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 8
Gujarat reported 783 new coronavirus cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day spike, taking the count to 38,419, while the death toll inched towards the 2,000-mark, the state health department said.
➡️ ભાવનગર શહેરમાં કોરોના સંક્રમણને ફેલાતુ અટકાવવા માટે જિલ્લા કલેક્ટરે 13 સર્વેલન્સ ટીમની રચના કરી..
➡️વર્ગ-1ના નિમાયેલા અધિકારીઓ શહેરના તમામ અર્બન હેલ્થ સેન્ટરો પર સુપરવાઇઝરી ઑથોરિટી તરીકે કામગીરી કરશે..#Bhavnagar @Collectorbhav #COVID19 #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/VbOJuRJp7W
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
The state reported the death of 16 more coronavirus patients, most of them in Ahmedabad and Surat, taking the total fatalities to 1,995, it said.
Also, 569 more patients were discharged from hospitals, pushing up the number of recovered cases in the state to 27,313, the health department said.
Surat continued to top the list of districts reporting coronavirus cases, overtaking Ahmedabad by a large margin with 273 new cases recorded on Wednesday, taking its tally to 7,274.
કોરોનાની મહામારીના કારણે મંદિરો બંધ રહેતા અંબાજી મંદિરની આવકમાં ઘટાડો…ગત વર્ષે (2019માં) એપ્રિલ, મે અને જૂન એમ ત્રણ મહિનાની આવક 5.60 કરોડ રૂપિયા થઇ હતી..જ્યારે ચાલુ વર્ષે આ સમયગાળામાં માત્ર 60 લાખ રૂપિયાનું જ મંદિર ટ્રસ્ટને દાન મળ્યું..#COVID19 @TempleAmbaji #Ambaji pic.twitter.com/hvzQVm8hjO
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
Ahmedabad reported 156 new cases, raising its tally to 22,418, the health department said.
With 67 new cases, Vadodara’s tally rose to 2,763.
Among other districts, Rajkot reported 39 new cases, followed by Valsad at 27, Bhavnagar 19, Dahod 18, Bharuch, and Surendranagar 16 each, Mehsana and Banaskantha 15 each, and Gandhinagar and Kheda 11 each, among others, the health department said in a release.
રાજ્ય સરકારના મંત્રી રમણ પાટકરનો કોરોના રિપોર્ટ પોઝિટિવ
રાજ્યના નાયબ મુખ્યમંત્રી નીતિન પટેલે આપી જાણકારી
ગઈકાલે તેમનો રિપોર્ટ પોઝિટિવ આવ્યો હતો – @Nitinbhai_Patel
તેઓ અમદાવાદ યુ.એન.મહેતા હોસ્પિટલમાં સારવાર હેઠળ #CoronaPandemic #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/siKos7kGBY
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
Out of the death of 16 COVID-19 patients, Ahmedabad and Surat reported five deaths each, followed by Rajkot at three, and Amreli, Jamnagar, and Morbi at one each.
As many as 170 patients were discharged in Ahmedabad, and 181 in Surat, the department said.
With this, the number of recovered cases in Ahmedabad rose to 17,363, while in Surat, it increased to 4,264.
There are now 9,111 active cases in Gujarat, of which the condition of 67 patients is critical, while that of the remaining 9,044 is stable, the health department said.
દમણમાં કોરોનાના વધુ 14 કેસ નોંધાયા
દમણમાં કોરોનાના 136 કેસ એક્ટિવ
દમણમાં 80 દર્દીઓ થયા સ્વસ્થ@dmc_daman #COVID19 #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/RkWw2XE7K6
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
Surat overtakes Ahmedabad in daily increase in COVID-19 cases
Despite strict measures to contain the pandemic, the Surat district in Gujarat recorded its highest one-day spike in coronavirus cases at 273, which was also the highest daily increase in the state on Wednesday.
With 273 new patients found since the previous evening, the tally of coronavirus cases in the district rose to 7,274, second highest after Ahmedabad, the Health Department said.
Ahmedabad district reported 156 cases during the day.
215 new cases were detected in Surat city and 58 from rural areas.
Five infected patients, three from the city and two from adjoining villages, died, taking the death toll in the district to 271.
181 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the total of recovered persons to 4,390.
Of 215 cases found in the city, the highest 37 came from Varachha-A zone, followed by 36 each from Katargam and Rander and 33 from Varachha-B zone, a municipal corporation official said.
Katargam zone, which has several diamond polishing units and houses many diamond workers, is the worst affected area with 1,599 cases reported so far, followed by 1,123 in Limbayat and 812 in Varachha-A zone, also a diamond hub.
Around 600 diamond workers or their family members have tested positive for coronavirus in the last one month.
The Surat Municipal Corporation has already ordered the temporary closure of all the diamond units, paan shops, and street food joints in Katargam, Varachha, and Sarthana (Varachha-B) areas to stop the spread of the virus.
અમદાવાદમાં કોરોના વોરિયર્સને અનોખી રીતે બિરદાવવામાં આવ્યા..પોલીસ પેરામેડિકલ સ્ટાફ, પત્રકારને કરાયા પ્રોત્સાહિત.. ચોકલેટ ડેના ઉપક્રમે ચોકલેટ આપીને પ્રોત્સાહિત કરવામાં આવ્યા..#Ahmedabad #CoronaWarriors #Chocolateday @ddjaysukh pic.twitter.com/EXrFpw1gUp
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
Ahmedabad: New cases drop to 156 in one-day, toll 1,501
Ahmedabad on Wednesday reported 156 new COVID-19 cases, the lowest rise in the last five days, taking the total count to 22,418, the state health Department said.
With five more patients succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll in the district has crossed the 1,500-mark and reached 1,501, it said.
A total of 170 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, taking the number of recovered cases in the district to 17,363.
Of the 156 new cases, 149 cases were reported from the limits of the Ahmedabad municipal corporation and rest 7 from rural areas, the department said.
At 156, it is the lowest one-day rise in the number of cases in the last five days. The district had reported 204 cases on July 3, 172 cases on July 4, 177 on July 5, 183 on July 6 and 187 on July 7. The city had reported as many as 350 cases in one day earlier.
#GujaratCoronaUpdate #Gujarat : અમદાવાદમાં કોરોનાની શું છે પરિસ્થિતિ.. છેલ્લા સપ્તાહથી કેમ ઘટી રહ્યાં છે કેસ..? આવો જાણીએ અમારા સંવાદદાતા @Devshi_Live સાથે..@AmdavadAMC @ibijalpatel @drrajivguptaias @JayantiRavi @InfoGujarat @GujHFWDept #Ahmedabad #AhmedabadFightsCorona pic.twitter.com/1wCYNzqYfN
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
AMC to screen ‘super spreaders’ for COVID-19
Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has started screening “super spreaders” across 48 wards in the city to contain the spread of coronavirus.
During a similar drive conducted in May, the civic body had screened over 33,000 “super spreaders” and found 700 of them positive for the deadly infection.
The AMC had categorised vegetable vendors, grocery and milk shop owners, petrol pump attendants, and garbage collectors as “super spreaders”, as the nature of their work puts them at risk of contracting and spreading the infection.
“Starting Wednesday, we formed 48 teams, one team for each ward of the city, to screen potential super spreaders,” the AMC’s health department said in a release.
The civic body has added street food vendors, paan shop owners, and salon owners and employees to its list of “super spreaders”, the notice stated.
જૂનાગઢમાં કોરોનાના વાયરસના કેટલા કેસ ? … શું છે જૂનાગઢ જિલ્લાની પરિસ્થિતિ… આવો જાણીએ…@collectorjunag @DdoJunagadh @GujHFWDept @JayantiRavi #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/S3acBVTRk0
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 8, 2020
Show cause notice to Ahmedabad hospital for fleecing patient
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has issued a show-cause notice to a private hospital for allegedly overcharging a coronavirus patient, an official said Wednesday.
The civic body had received a complaint from the son of the COVID-19 patient stating that the hospital charged them more than the rates prescribed by the government, he said.
The civic body has requisitioned 50 percent of the total beds in more than 50 private hospitals for treatment of coronavirus patients, and also capped the cost of treatment.
In its notice, the AMC stated the fact of the private hospital demanding more money from the complainant has been established in an inquiry.
Earlier, the AMC had imposed a penalty of Rs 77 lakh and initiated criminal action against a private hospital for the delay in admitting a critically ill COVID-19 patient, leading to his death.
Two other hospitals were slapped with fines of Rs 5 lakh each for refusing to admit patients.
