NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEPT 2
Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 99,000 mark and rose to 99,050 on Wednesday with addition of 1,305 new cases, the state Health Department said.
With 12 more patients succumbing to the infection, including six in Surat, the cumulative toll in the state went up to 3,048.
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A total of 1,141 patients were discharged in the day, taking the count of recoveries to 80,054, the department said in a release.
The patient recovery rate in the state has reached 80.82 percent, it said.
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A total of 74,523 tests were conducted in the day, which comes at the rate of 1,146.50 tests per day per million population, the department said.
At 265, Surat reported the highest number of new cases in the state in the day, followed by Ahmedabad with 169 cases, the department said.
At 150, Jamnagar reported its highest intra-day surge in cases; 125 of these cases were recorded within the limits of the municipal corporation, it said.
Rajkot and Vadodara also reported a higher number of cases in the day, at 143 and 125, respectively.
Elsewhere, Bhavnagar reported 48 new cases, Gandhinagar 38, Panchmahal 34, Junagadh 30, Amreli 26, Mehsana 24, Bharuch 23, Morbi 20, Banaskantha 18, Kutch 17, Dahod and Gir Somnath 15 each, Valsad 14, Devbhumi Dwarka 13, Botad 12, Anand 11, Kheda, Narmada and Tapi 10 each, etc.
Of the 12 deaths, Surat reported six fatalities, Ahmedabad three, Gandhinagar two, and Vadodara one, the department said.
The number of active cases in Gujarat now stands at 15,948.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 99,050, new cases 1,305, deaths 3,048, discharged 80,054, active cases 15,948 and people tested so far 24,84,429.
265 new cases in Surat; toll rises by six
Surat reported 265 new coronavirus positive cases on Wednesday, which pushed the district”s tally to 21,666, the health department said.
This is the highest one-day rise for any district in the state on Wednesday, it said.
With six deaths, the fatality count in Surat rose to 824, it said.
It reported over 300 recoveries on Wednesday.
With 332 patients getting a discharge, the number of recovered cases rose to 17,878, the department said.
As many as four deaths were reported in the rural parts, and two in the city. Out of the 265 new cases, 176 were reported in the city.
A total of 256 patients recovered from city hospitals, and 76 in rural areas, taking the total recoveries in the district to 332 during the day, the department said in its release.
According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), a total of 14,065 patients have been discharged so far, taking the recovery rate in the city to 83.6 percent.
As many as 32,167 people have been placed under quarantine in the city.
All these persons have been home quarantined after getting exposed to COVID-19 patients, the SMC said.
Also, as per the zonal bifurcation of cases in the city, Katargam locality has reported the highest number of 3,144 cases so far, followed by Rander at 2,407 and Athwa at 2,394.
Ahmedabad: sero-survey suggests 23.24 pc people have COVID-19 anti-bodies
A new sero-survey conducted by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation showed that 23.24 percent of samples had antibodies against coronavirus, indicating that the city has not developed a herd immunity, an official said on Wednesday.
▶️હર્ડ ઈમ્યુનિટિના સંદર્ભમાં AMC દ્વારા 10 હજાર વ્યક્તિનો કરાયો સર્વે
▶️સર્વેમાં 23.4 ટકા પોઝિટીવી મળી, દોઢ મહિનામાં માત્ર 5.5 ટકાનો વધારો
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Another survey, conducted to find the prevalence of antibodies among those who have recovered from COVID-19, revealed that 40 percent of such people did not have the antibodies, he said.
Bhavin Solanki, Medical Officer, AMC, said 23.24 percent of 10,000 samples showed the presence of antibodies, which was an increase of 5.6 percentage points over the sero-survey in July, which had found positivity of 17.68 percent.
A sero-survey involves testing blood serum to check the prevalence of antibodies against infection.
The latest findings indicate that the city is far from developing a herd immunity which requires 70-80 percent of the population developing anti-bodies, Solanki said.
“The 5.6 percent increase in positivity shows that multidimensional steps taken by the AMC have yielded results in controlling the spread of the virus,” he said.
“23.24 percent positivity shows that we are far from developing any herd immunity, for which the positivity should be 70-80 per cent,” he said.
Ahmedabad count rises by 169 to 31847
The COVID-19 tally in Ahmedabad district rose to 31,847 on Wednesday with the addition of 169 new cases, the Gujarat health department said.
With three patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll went up to 1,738, it said.
A total of 86 patients were discharged from hospitals in the day, increasing the count of recoveries to 26,532, the department said in its release.
Of 169 new cases, 149 were reported in the city and 20 from other parts of the district.
61 out of 86 recoveries and all three deaths were reported in the city, it said.
Ahmedabad’s north-west zone has the highest number of 492 active cases, followed by the west zone at 489, and south-west zone at 485, among others, the city civic body said, adding that North zone has the lowest number of active cases at 307.
With 20 new cases, the COVID-19 tally in rural parts of Ahmedabad has risen to 1,842, officials said.
The number of recoveries went up to 1,694 with 25 people getting discharged in the day, they said.
A total of 58 patients have died while 88 cases are active in rural areas, officials said.
