NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, APRIL 23
As many as 3,000 coronavirus tests are being conducted in Gujarat every day and there is no plan to reduce it, a senior official said on Thursday while dismissing rumours that the state government has reduced COVID-19 testing.
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The Gujarat government has also decided to declare the figures of coronavirus tests and deaths only once in 24 hours, instead of the present practice of providing the details twice a day, state principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi told reporters in Gandhinagar.
“We have not reduced the tests to detect coronavirus cases. We are conducting 3,000 tests everyday in Gujarat. Out of these, 2,500 samples are collected from across the state while 500 samples are of those who are already quarantined or admitted to hospitals,” she said.
The official was responding to questions on rumours about less number of COVID-19 tests being done in the state.
In a bid to increase the detection and control the spread of Corona virus, a Covid19 Mobile Testing Van, the first-of-its-kind in Gujarat, was launched today in Ahmedabad district for on-the-spot collection of samples of local people at village and Taluka level. pic.twitter.com/u4KfiDoTcX
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“Till now, we used to share tests and death figures once in the morning and then in the evening. To avoid any duplication of data, we will now share the details only in the evening. The figures will reflect all the tests conducted across the state for 24 hours,” she said.
Till Wednesday, the state reported 2,407 coronavirus cases and 103 deaths.
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The official said the number of COVID-19 cases has increased significantly because of the intensive surveillance and testing in areas that have been declared as hotspots.
Asked where Gujarat stands in terms of COVID-19 cases and deaths, she said: “this is not a competition”.
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She said the majority of the coronavirus victims who died were either aged or suffering from other ailments, like heart disease and high diabetes.
કોરોના સંક્રમણને અટકાવવા લોક ડાઉન ના ચુસ્ત અમલ સાથે વડોદરાના સાવલી તાલુકાના મંજુસર ગામે કોરોના સામે જુધ્ધે ચડી રાજ્યના અન્ય ગામોને નવી દિશા ચીંધી છે. કોરોના સંકટના આ કપરા કાળમાં માનવીય સંવેદના અને સેવા સંકલ્પો ની અનેરી ગાથાઓ પ્રકાશમાં આવી રહી છે. pic.twitter.com/MAI8NkGGuM
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