NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 5
Gujarat on Saturday reported 1,514 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the total count of infections to 2,17,333, the state health department said.
With 15 more persons succumbing to the viral infection, including nine deaths in Ahmedabad, three in Rajkot, two in Surat, and one in Aravalli, the cumulative toll in the state mounted to 4,064, it said.
At the same time, 1,535 patients were discharged from hospitals after treatment, taking the tally of recoveries to 1,98,527, the department said in a release.
A total of 69,668 tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours at the rate of 1,071.82 tests per day per million population. 81,72,380 samples have been tested so far.
The state now has 14,742 active cases.
At 332, Ahmedabad reported the highest number of new cases in the day in the state, followed by 241 in Surat, 178 in Vadodara, and 145 in Rajkot.
Elsewhere, Mehsana reported 73 fresh COVID-19 cases, Gandhinagar 58, Sabarkantha 43, Jamnagar 44, Banaskantha and Patan 37 each, Kheda 31, Panchmahal 28, Junagadh 26, Kutch 25, Dahod and Surendranagar 24 each, Bharuch 23, Amreli and Morbi 22 each, Anand 21, Bhavnagar 17, Gir Somnath and Mahisagar 13 each, etc.
In the Union Territory of Daman, Diu, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli, the count of COVID-19 cases stood at 3,313 with two fresh infections. In Daman, the tally of recoveries reached 3,298, officials said.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 2,17,333, new cases 1,514, deaths 4,064, active cases 14,742 and people tested so far 81,72,380.
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Ahmedabad registers 332 new cases; nine more deaths
At least 332 persons tested positive for coronavirus, while nine died of the infection in Ahmedabad district on Saturday, an official from the state health department said.
With the addition of new cases, the district’s COVID- 19 caseload has risen to 51,724 and the toll reached 2,109, the officials said.
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As many as 344 patients were discharged during the day, taking the total number of recoveries to 46,495, he said.
With 445 infections, the west zone of Ahmedabad city has the highest number of active cases, followed by the north-west zone with 433 infections, south-west with 430, and south with 403, the official said.
Of the seven zones in the city, the central zone has the least number of active cases at 292, he said.
According to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the number of micro-containment areas in the city has come down to 279, with 19 existing areas removed from the list and three new areas.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp laid foundation for Tapi-Karjan Link Pipeline Lift Irrigation project today at a function held at Umarpada in Surat district and shared that the State Govt has executed 10 irrigation schemes at the cost of Rs.3700 crore for the development of tribal areas. pic.twitter.com/mgffG89L1q
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) December 5, 2020
As per the Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association, the bed occupancy rate in city’s private hospitals requisitioned to treat COVID-19 cases has eased to 75.6 percent, with 2,504 out of 3,312 available beds occupied.
Surat district reports 241 fresh COVID-19 cases
With 241 new coronavirus positive cases being detected on Saturday, Surat district”s tally of infections rose to 43,718, Gujarat health department said.
The count of fatalities rose to 1,081 with two more patients succumbing to the viral disease, it said.
At 269, recoveries exceeded the new cases during the day.
The Tapi-Karjan lift irrigation project to be carried-out at an estimated cost of Rs.711 crore, an engineering marvel, will lift water up 53-storey to irrigate 53,700 acres hilly terrain of predominantly 73 tribal villages of Umarpada-Dediapada taluka. pic.twitter.com/XZI0hWuVMV
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) December 5, 2020
Surat city reported 202 new cases and 221 recoveries, while rural parts added 39 infections and 48 recoveries.
Surat city’s recovery rate stood at 93.93 percent with 31,179 patients having been discharged so far, the department said.
A total of 21,366 patients are quarantined in Surat while 8,66,984 patients have been surveyed in localities from where COVID-19 positive cases were reported, it said.
431 patients currently remain hospitalised in various hospitals in the city.
Kamrej taluka has reported 2,346 COVID-19 cases so far, the highest among nine talukas in the Surat district.
With 81 cases, the number is the lowest in Umarpada taluka, said the officials.
