NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEPT
Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally rose to 1,05,671 with the addition of 1,330 new cases on Monday, while 15 more patients succumbed to the infection, the state health department said.
With 15 fresh deaths, the COVID-19 fatalities in the state increased to 3,123, it said.
At the same time, 1,276 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases to 86,034, the department said in a release here.
As many as 72,690 tests were conducted in the state for COVID-19 in the last 24 hours, at a rate of 1,118.30 tests per day per million population, it said.
Surat reported the highest number of 286 new cases, followed by Ahmedabad at 172.
Rajkot remained on the third spot with 148 new cases.
Vadodara and Jamnagar reported 128 and 107 positive cases, respectively, the department said.
Among other districts, Bhavnagar reported 42 new cases, Junagadh 36, Kutch and Surendranagar 35 each, Gandhinagar 34, Panchmahal 30, Morbi 27, Amreli 24, Mehsana 22, Bharuch 20, Banaskantha and Patan 19 each, Dahod 18, Gir Somnath 15, Tapi 14, Navsari 13, Anand and Devbhumi Dwarka 12 each and Sabarkantha 11, among others, it said.
Out of the 15 deaths, Surat recorded the highest at six, Ahmedabad three, Vadodara two, and Amreli, Banaskantha, Bhavnagar, and Rajkot one each, the release said.
There are 16,514 active cases in the state at present, with 89 patients on ventilators, while the condition of the remaining 16,425 is stable, the department said.
A total 28,53,371 samples have been tested in the state so far, it said.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,05,671, new cases 1,330, deaths 3,123, discharged 86,034, active cases 16,514, people tested so far 28,53,371.
Surat dist reports 286 new cases, 376 recoveries
Surat reported 286 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, the highest for a district in Gujarat, taking its tally to 22,893, the state health department said.
With six fatalities, the death toll rose to 900, it said.
Both Surat city and the rural parts of the district reported over 100 new cases.
The number of new cases in Surat city stood at 175. In the rural parts, it was 111, taking the total to 286, the department said.
At the same time, out of the total fatalities, four were reported in the city and two in the rural parts of the district.
To the relief of local authorities, the number of recoveries at 376 exceeded the tally of new cases.
Of this, 318 recoveries were reported in the city, and 58 in the rural parts.
Meanwhile, the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said that migrant workers returning to the city from other states to rejoin work in various industries will have to undergo tests for coronavirus.
Workers will be required to stay in seven-day quarantine in case they have COVID-19 symptoms, the SMC said.
Ahmedabad COVID-19 count reaches 32,696
The COVID-19 tally in Ahmedabad district rose to 32,696 on Monday with the addition of 172 new cases, Gujarat health department said.
With three persons succumbing to the infection, the toll went up to 1,753, it said.
A total of 81 patients were discharged in the day, including 64 in Ahmedabad and 17 in rural areas, raising the number of recoveries to 26,929, the department said.
149 of the 172 cases were reported from Ahmedabad city while rural parts added 23 patients.
All three fatalities occurred in the city.
Meanwhile, 1,057 of 1,441 beds in private hospitals requisitioned by the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation for the treatment of COVID-19 patients remained occupied as on Sunday evening, as per the data shared by the Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in rural Ahmedabad rose to 1,937 with 23 new cases in the day.
1,775 of 1,937 patients have recovered so far.
Ahmedabad metro train service resumes
Metro train service resumed in Ahmedabad on Monday after remaining shut for over five months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
To ensure social distancing, a maximum of 90 passengers are being allowed to travel per trip between Vastral and Apparel Market stations, a stretch of 6.5 km that was made operational in March last year, officials said.
As part of “Unlock 4”, the Union government recently allowed resumption of metro train services.
Officials said passengers travelling on metro trains are required to wear face masks.
“Coaches of these trains are thoroughly sanitised before use,” they added.
Meanwhile, passengers have expressed happiness over the resumption of the service.
Some of them feel that travelling in a metro train is a better and safer option than availing other public transport services like buses or Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS).
“I am happy that the metro service has resumed. I feel safer to use metro rather than travelling in buses for my daily work,” said a passenger.
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