NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, NOV 22
Gujarat on Sunday reported 1,495 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the total count of infections to 1,97,412, the state health department said.
Sunday’s surge in cases came a day after the state recorded the highest single-day spike of 1,515 cases since March.
With 13 more people succumbing to the infections in the day, including eight deaths in Ahmedabad, two in Surat, and one each in Banaskantha, Gandhinagar, and Sabarkantha, the total count of fatalities mounted to 3,859, the health department said.
A total of 1,167 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recoveries in the state to 1,79,953.
The COVID-19 case recovery rate in the state now stands at 91.16 percent.
The state is now left with 13,600 active cases.
With 63,739 tests being conducted in the state during the day, the number of samples tested for coronavirus detection so far rose to 72,35,184.
At 341, Ahmedabad reported the highest number of new cases in the state in the day, followed by 266 in Surat, 166 in Vadodara, and 145 in Rajkot, the department said.
Among other districts, Gandhinagar recorded 94 new cases, Mehsana 60, Jamnagar 40, Kutch 31, Patan 30, Banaskantha 28, Junagadh 27, Panchmahal 24, Bhavnagar and Kheda 23, Sabarkantha 21, Mahisagar 20, Amreli 17, Surendranagar 16, Anand, Aravalli, Dahod, and Morbi 15 each, etc.
In the Union Territory (UT) of Daman, Diu and Dadra, and Nagar Haveli, the tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,293 with four new cases coming to light in the day including two each in Daman and DNH, officials said.
A total of 3,293 patients have recovered in the UT which has 39 active cases, they added.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are positive cases 1,97,412, new cases 1,495, deaths 3,859, discharged 1,79,953, active cases 13,600 and people tested so far 72,35,184.
Ahmedabad sees 341 cases, 8 deaths; 370 recover
Ahmedabad district reported 341 new coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, taking its tally to 47,309, while eight deaths increased the toll to 1,968, an official said.
A total of 370 people, comprising 351 from the city limits and rest from rural areas, were discharged on Sunday, he said.
“Ahmedabad city accounted for 318 of the new cases. There are 2,906 active cases in the city now, led by the west zone with 479, followed by 464 and 457 cases in the north-west and south-west, respectively. There are around 1,500 beds available for COVID-19 patients across various government and private hospitals in the city,” he added.
Don’t create scarcity of beds, AMC tells private hospitals
Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad city, the local civic body on Sunday warned private hospitals not to create an artificial shortage of beds for treatment.
Ahmedabad city currently has 2,906 active cases, led by its west zone with 479, and followed by 464 in the north-west and 457 in the south-west.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said there was no need to panic as 1,500 beds were available and it was in the process of requisitioning another eight to ten hospitals to enhance the numbers further.
It said some private hospitals were admitting COVID-19 patients who did not require hospitalization in a bid to fill up beds and create “artificial scarcity”.
The civic body said it had reached out to private hospitals across the city after a review meeting was chaired by Additional Chief Secretary Rajiv Gupta, who is the special officer for COVID-19 in Ahmedabad city, and directed them to stop any such “unscrupulous and illegal practice”.
The AMC said the office-bearers of Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association have been intimated about this issue as well.
The civic body also told providers of 108 ambulance services to ensure, as much as possible, that members of a family are admitted to the same hospital and not different ones.
Surat tally crosses 40k, 266 new cases detected
Surat‘s COVID-19 tally reached 40,217 after 266 new cases were detected on Sunday, while two deaths took the toll to 1,051, an official said.
The city limits accounted for 213 of the new cases and 177 of the 220 people discharged during the day, he added.
With 28,565 people getting discharged in the city, its recovery rate now stood at 94.05 percent.
“Currently, 14,104 patients are quarantined in the city and 419 hospitalised, including 63 in the civil hospital and 72 in SMIMER. The city’s Athwa locality reported the highest number of 47 new cases, taking its tally to 5,821, followed by Katargam with 5,070,” the official said.
In rural Surat, Choryasi reported the highest number of 18 new cases, taking its tally to 2,119, followed by 13 in Kamrej, which now has 2,208 cases, the highest among nine talukas.
