NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, APRIL 21
The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat crossed the 2,000-mark and rose to 2,066 after 127 more people tested positive for the disease on Tuesday, a health official said. Due to the intensified surveillance and testing, a majority of the 127 fresh cases came from the declared hotspots, but with that, the new cases also sprang up in districts where the coronavirus had no presence till now.
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— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) April 21, 2020
Corona positive cases in Gujarat have been growing rapidly, as the state is registering positive cases every day in triple digits for more than 10 days. As the health authorities intensify surveillance and testing, the number of cases continues to rise with Ahmedabad contributing almost 65 percent to the state”s total.
આણંદ જિલ્લાના પેટલાદ તાલુકાના ઇસરામાં ગામમાં દવા છંટકાવ કરી સેનેટાઇજની કામગીરી કરવામાં આવી હતી. pic.twitter.com/kDfLkggAf3
— Info Anand GoG (@MahitiAnand) April 21, 2020
However on Tuesday, out of the total 127 positive cases, Surat had the maximum number (69), followed by Ahmedabad (50), Rajkot (2) and Valsad recording its first positive case (2) and Tapi also with one case. One positive case was also found in Gir-Somnath, Kheda, and Aravali. There are 6 districts in the state where the Coronavirus has not made its appearance yet.
#PMJAY
Parmar Narmadaben Jivanbhai is a resident of village Dashavada, block Sidhhpur in Patan district. In the time of Corona pandemic, she has got help of Rs. 500 under Pradhanmantri Janadhan Yojana. She thanked PM for this.@PIB_India pic.twitter.com/7oJq9UZIlT— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 21, 2020
The state health authorities carried out a total of 3,339 tests in the last 24 hours, where 215 were found positive and 3,124 negatives. The state has carried out a total of 35,543 tests so far out of which 2,066 have been found positive and 33,477 negative.
#PMKSY
He is Parmar Pravinbhai Hirabhai. Village Dashavada, block Sidhhpur, district Patan. His bank account is credited Rs. 2000 under Pradhanmantri Kisan Sanman Nidhi Yojana. He has hailed work of PM and government and thanked them.@PIB_India pic.twitter.com/ZwI80stTzm— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 21, 2020
Five more Corona infected persons lost their lives on Tuesday. A female (55) with hypertension admitted in the Sir T Hospital, Bhavnagar, and a male (66) suffering from diabetes and kidney problems admitted in the SVP Hospital Ahmedabad, succumbed. Two females (66) and (55) and a male (50) with no comorbidity admitted in the Ahmedabad Civil hospital also lost their lives.
Out of the total 77 deaths, 43 people have died from the virus infection in Ahmedabad alone, followed by 10 in Surat, 7 in Vadodara and 5 in Bhavnagar.
#IndiaFightsCorona
ગાંધીનગરમાં રહેતા અને મજૂરીકામ કરી ગુજરાન ચાલવતા રાજુભાઈને સરકાર તરફથી મફતમાં રાશન મળતાં #lockdown ના આ સમયમાં તેમને અને તેમના પરિવારને રાહત થતા,સરકારનો આભાર માન્યો છે.@CollectorGnr pic.twitter.com/GquIE0k0dd— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 21, 2020
“The mortality rate in Gujarati 3.72 percent, it is more because out of the total deaths, a major portion of the deceased has been due to risk factors like age and comorbidity conditions. Most of the deaths had comorbid conditions like hypertension, diabetes, kidney and lung problems,” said Jayanti Ravi, the principal secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, Gujarat.
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પંચમહાલ જિલ્લાના રીક્ષાચાલક વૈભવભટ્ટ સરકારનો આભાર માને છે,કેમેકે આ લોકડાઉનના સમયમાં તેમના પરિવારને સરકાર તરફથી મફત રાશન મળતા ઘણી રાહત થઇ છે.@CollectorGodhra pic.twitter.com/fcytFNJitA— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 21, 2020
Ahmedabad continued to lead the state with maximum positive cases (1,298), followed by Surat (338), Vadodara (188), Rajkot (40), Bhavnagar (32), Anand (28), Bharuch (23), Gandhinagar (17), Patan (15), Narmada (12), Panchmahals (11), Banaskantha (10), Aravalli (8), Chotta Udepur (7), Kutch and Mehsana (6 each), Botad (5), Porbandar, Mahisagar, Gir-Somnath, Kheda and Dahod (3 each), Valsad and Sabarkantha (2 each) and Jamnagar, Morbi and Tapi with one each.
#AmdavadAMC : #ISRO और PRL #CISF युनिट द्वारा जरूरतमंद लोगो को किया जा रहा है राशन कीट का वितरण..ओढव और इसनपुर विस्तार में 3000 से भी ज्यादा राशन कीट वितरण की…#CISF के जवानो ने मास्क का वितरण कर, #Social_Distancing का पालन करने की अपील की..@CISFHQrs @isro #lockdown #StayHome pic.twitter.com/aC6cngF8a3
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 21, 2020
“Out of the total 1,858 active cases, the condition of 1,839 is stable while there are 19 patients still on the ventilator,” added Ravi.
The total number of quarantined in the state is 30,354, where 26,590 are home quarantined, 3,436 in government facilities and 328 in private facilities.
ડાંગના ગરીબ આદિવાસીના મદદે આવ્યા સેવાભાવી દંપતી…આહવાના અંતરિયાળ વિસ્તારમાં જઈને ઘરે-ઘરે લોકો સુધી પહોંચાડે છે જીવન જરૂરિયાતની સામગ્રી… #Social_Distancing જાળવીને 250 અનાજની કીટનું કર્યું વિતરણ…#Dang #StayHome #lockdown #IndiaFightCorona@CollectorDan @SPDangAhwa pic.twitter.com/HDwsXJHFHm
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 21, 2020
