NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 12
Gujarat reported its highest single-day spike of 879 coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, which pushed its overall tally to 41,897, the health department said.
With the death of 13 more COVID-19 patients, the fatality count rose to 2,047, it said.
Surat reported 251 new cases, the highest in the state, followed by Ahmedabad at 172, and Vadodara at 75.
With this, Surat’s case count rose to 8,372, and that of Ahmedabad to 23,095, the department said in a release.
India's Covid-19 recoveries cross 5-lakh mark, recovery rate at 62.78%https://t.co/az1v73Hov3
via NaMo App pic.twitter.com/J4gZFFEf29— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 12, 2020
Surat, the new hotspot is also witnessing the highest daily spike each day, registering over 28.5 percent of positive cases.
Among other districts, Rajkot and Bhavnagar reported 46 new cases each, Junagadh 42, Gandhinagar 29, Surendranagar 21, Morbi 19, Amreli, Kheda and Valsad 16 each, Bharuch 14, Banaskantha 13, Anand and Navsari 11 each, Panchmahal 10, Dahod nine and Kutch seven, it said.
#Covid_19 મહામારીના સમયમાં ખોરાક અંગે ફેલાઈ રહેલ અફ્વાઓથી સાવધાન રહો
ડૉક્ટરો આપી રહ્યા છે અફ્વાઓથી સાવધાન રહેવા સલાહ, જુઓ શું છે તથ્ય:#IndiaFightsCorona https://t.co/etNGxY0QUc— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 12, 2020
The number of recovered patients in the state grew to 29,189 after 513 of them were discharged on Sunday. The state currently has 10,661 active cases.
The condition of as many as 67 patients is critical, while that of 10,594 others is stable, it added.
આણંદ: અંજલી હોસ્પિટલ કોવિડ હોસ્પિટલ તરીકે જાહેર
વાંચો સંપૂર્ણ અહેવાલ: https://t.co/5HS1eqBtIS
(ફાઇલ ફોટો)#GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/s3xXJ3eeqr
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 12, 2020
Of the 13 fatalities on Sunday, Surat reported the highest number of five, Ahmedabad four, Junagadh two, and Kheda and Rajkot one each.
The death toll in Ahmedabad rose to 1,519, while in Surat it reached 318.
રાજસ્થાનની બોર્ડર ફરી એકવાર સીલ
વાંચો સંપૂર્ણ અહેવાલ: https://t.co/eLXmICuscq pic.twitter.com/OY4O8sgCqI
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 12, 2020
Out of the total 513 patients discharged in the state on Sunday, 172 were in Ahmedabad and 138 in Surat. The number of recovered cases in Ahmedabad has gone up to 17,822 and in Surat to 4,967.
The death toll rate of Ahmedabad which used to be around 81 percent of the total is gradually declining. On Sunday, it has come down a bit to 74.45 percent. Gujarat’s mortality rate is 4.88 percent, though down a little bit, but still one of the highest in the country.
Right now, there are over 3.25 lakh people quarantined in the state – 3,22,788 are home quarantined and 2,654 in government facilities.
In Gujarat, the daily testing rate for Covid-19 in July has been increased by 41 percent compared to the previous month. According to official sources, the positive cases per 100 tests have increased marginally from 9.8 percent in June to 10 percent in July.
The Gujarat Government has increased the daily tests for Covid-19 in the state. Similarly, Ahmedabad and Surat Municipal Corporations have also increased testing drives in the micro containment zones. out in the state till date.
Corona Ghar Seva- Sanjivani Van service by AMC
Doctors and Trained paramedics for health check up
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) July 11, 2020
Ahmedabad cases cross 23,000 mark; four more die
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad mounted by 172 to 23,095 on Sunday, the state health department said.
With four more patients succumbing to the viral infection, the death toll in Ahmedabad district has gone up to 1,519, it said.
APMC માં પણ કોરોના ટેસ્ટિંગ- Media Reports pic.twitter.com/YkBMvJvKN1
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) July 12, 2020
A total of 133 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of the recovered cases to 17,822.
Out of 172 new cases, 152 cases were reported from the limits of the Ahmedabad municipal corporation and the rest 20 from other parts of the district.
Amreli youth develops app for video-conferencing
Meanwhile, an Amreli-based youth, Sidhant Vekariya, has developed a video- conferencing mobile application- Profism Call. CEO of Profism Technologies, Vekaria claimed that the application has been developed within 14 days after Atma Nirbhar Bharat call by the Prime Minister. He said that this application will be very useful in online education and corporate meetings.
