NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 25
Gujarat reported 179 new coronavirus cases, the highest one-day rise since June 20, which took the infection tally of the state to 8,29,182, a health department release said. The new cases included six Omicron variant infections, taking Omicron count to 49 the state health department said.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) demarcated two areas as micro-containment zones on Thursday and one on Friday for the first time in over a month, the official said.
Officials said that eight houses with 28 residents were demarcated as two micro-containment zones in the city’s northwest and west zones on Thursday, while five more houses with 17 residents in the west zone were added to the list on Friday.
Move comes with the increasing number of patients testing positive for the coronavirus infection.