NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 20
Gujarat on Monday reported the highest single-day spike of 998 COVID-19 cases, taking the total count to 49,439 while fatalities rose by 20, including 11 in Surat, to 2,167, the state health department said.
કોરોના સામેના જંગનું ગુજરાત મૉડેલ – મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી વિજયભાઇ રૂપાણીના નેતૃત્વ હેઠળ ગુજરાતની નિર્ણાયક સરકાર દ્વારા લેવામાં આવેલ કાર્યક્ષમ સ્વાસ્થ્ય સંભાળના અનુકરણીય અને અસરકારક પગલાંઓ#GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/WS6iDzMj1M
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 20, 2020
A total of 777 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recovered cases to 35,659.
Of the total 11,613 active cases, the condition of 78 patients is critical, it said.
AMC
Corona Antigen Testing subsequent tracing, containment & treatment extended and in full swing in newly merged area with AMC.Testing team stationed at Chiloda-Naroda, Kathwada and Bopal-Guma area.#AhmedabadFightsCorona#MaskUpAhmedabad pic.twitter.com/vubECCJfve
— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) July 20, 2020
At 284, Surat reported the highest number of cases in the state, taking its tally to 10,542, it said, adding that the death toll has reached 446.
Ahmedabad added 193 cases, raising the count to 24,568 while four more fatalities in the district increased the toll to 1,551, the department said in a release.
Apart from Surat and Ahmedabad, two deaths each were reported from Vadodara and Navsari, and one from Gir Somnath.
Tiku Talsania appeals to the people of Ahmedabad to wear a mask while stepping out of home and to wear it right. To save ourselves, our families and the city wearing masks is the least one could do. #AmdavadAMC@PMOIndia @CMOGuj @ibijalpatel @drrajivguptaias @Mukeshias pic.twitter.com/a5PpYwDNAW
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) July 20, 2020
The number of the recovered cases in Ahmedabad rose by 200 to 19,208 and by 266 to 6,788 in Surat, it said.
Among other districts, Vadodara reported 78 new cases, Rajkot 56, Bhavnagar 42, Jamnagar 22, Junagadh19, Mehsana 26, Bharuch 22, Surendranagar 20, Patan and Valsad 17 each, Gir Somnath, Tapi and Kutch 16 each, Amreli, Kheda and Banaskantha 13 each, Dahod 12, Mahisagar 11, Navsari 10, Botad and Morbi nine, Narmada seven, Anand and Sabartkanthasix, the release said.
A total of 5,48,989 samples have been tested so far in the state, it said.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 49,439, new cases 998, deaths 2,167, discharged 35,659, active cases 11,613 and people tested so far 5,48,989.
શ્રીમતી ભાવના કાલાની કે જેઓ શ્રી વિશાલ કાલાની, ABP News ના પત્ની તથા યુ. એન. મેહતા હોસ્પિટલમાં ડાયટિશ્યન છે. તેઓ એસ.વી.પી. હોસ્પિટલમાં સારવાર મેળવી, કોરોના સામે જંગ જીતીને સ્વસ્થ થયેલ છે. જાણો તેમનાં પ્રતિભાવો.@PMOIndia @CMOGuj @ibijalpatel @drrajivguptaias @Mukeshias pic.twitter.com/Yc18RrjmI5
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) July 20, 2020
Surat contributes highest 284 cases, 11 deaths
Surat district added the highest 284 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, taking the district tally to 10,542 while the death toll mounted by 11 to 446, the state health department said.
Of the new cases, 209 were reported from the limits of the Surat municipal corporation and the 75 from rural areas.
Among 11 fatalities, 10 occurred in Surat city while one person succumbed in rural areas, it said.
કોરોનાના સંક્રમણની ચેઇનને તોડવા પાટણ શહેરમાં આગામી 31મી જુલાઇ સુધી સ્વૈચ્છિક બંધ પાળવા નિર્ણય || 31મી જુલાઇ સુધી બપોર બાદ તમામ રોજગાર, વેપાર-ધંધાઓ બંધ રાખવા વેપારીઓ સહિત તમામ પ્રજાને અપીલ#GujaratFightsCovid19 #COVID19 @CollectorPatan @IPS_AKSHAYRAJ #coronavirus pic.twitter.com/7rjKzGtdn8
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 20, 2020
As many as 40 new cases were reported from Rander locality in Surat, followed by 30 in Varachha-A and Athwa zones.
With 26 new cases, Katargam has so far reported the highest number of cases in the city at 2,063, it said.
The number of the discharged cases in Surat stood at 5,833, officials said.
The municipal corporation has so far surveyed 10.37 lakh citizens and quarantined 13,261 of them, they said.
In rural areas, 4,700 persons have been quarantined.
A total of 860 cluster containment zones have been marked covering 90,229 people, officials said.
Ahmedabad reports 193 new cases; 200 discharged
The number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad rose to 24,568 on Monday with the addition of 193 new infections, the state health department said.
With four new COVID-19 fatalities, the death toll in the district rose to 1,551, it said.
Ahmedabad also reported the discharge of 200 patients on Monday, taking the number of recovered cases to 19,208, the health department said.
Ahmedabad city reported 178 new cases, while rural areas registered 15 infections.
All the four deaths were reported from city areas, the health department said in a release.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) on Monday said it has started carrying out tracing, testing, containment, and treatment of coronavirus patients in areas that were recently merged with the civic body like Chiloda-Naroda, Kathwada, and Bopal-Guma, among others.
As per a COVID-19 bulletin of the AMC released on Monday afternoon, active cases in the city stood at 3,225, which is 13.8 percent of total cases.
The death toll in the city stood at 1,509.
The civic body further said out of the seven zones in the city, the west zone remains the worst affected with 596 active cases, which is 18.5 percent of total active cases.
It is followed by north-west, south-west, south, east, north, and central zones, it said.
