NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, MAY 16
The number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat crossed the 10,000-mark on Saturday, with 1,057 new patients being found positive for coronavirus including 709 “super spreaders” in Ahmedabad, which accounted for 14 of the total 19 deaths, a Health official said.
મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીએ આજે સહકારી બેકીંગ ક્ષેત્રના આગેવાનો સાથે વિડીયો કોન્ફરન્સીંગ સંવાદ કરીને 'આત્મનિર્ભર ગુજરાત સહાય યોજના' માં સક્રિય સહભાગીતાથી નાના-છૂટક ધંધા વ્યવસાયકારો, કારીગરોની સ્થગિત થઇ ગયેલી આર્થિક સાયકલના ચાલકબળ-લૂબ્રિકન્ટ બનવા પ્રેરક આહવાન કર્યું હતું. pic.twitter.com/7nUeCcGa6z
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) May 16, 2020
The total cases now stand at 10,989 while the number of fatalities rose to 625, the official said.
“Ten of the 19 deceased were suffering from comorbidities,” said Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi.
સુરતના હર્ષ ગાંધીએ બ્લડ સ્ટેમ સેલ્સનું દાન કરી કેન્સરપીડિત બાળકને નવજીવન આપ્યું
સુરતનો ૨૪ વર્ષીય યુવાન કેન્સરપીડિત દર્દીનો જીવન બચાવવા માટે બ્લડ સ્ટેમ સેલ્સનું દાન કરવા આંગળ આવ્યો
મારા સ્ટેમ સેલના દાનથી કોઈનું જીવન બચી શકતું હોયતો એનાથી
મોટી ખુશી બીજી કઈ હોઈ શકે?:હર્ષ ગાંધી pic.twitter.com/Xf8S5rcjZA— Info Surat GoG (@Surat_info) May 16, 2020
“Apart from 348 new cases reported on Saturday, the state health department has added a tally of 709 ”super spreaders” on Friday who were found coronavirus positive in Ahmedabad during the tests conducted over the last one week following a massive screening of 33,500 such super spreaders,” Ravi said explaining the total number of new cases.
નાગરિક સંરક્ષણ દળના 350 માનદ સેવકોને અનાજ કીટનું વિતરણ કરવામાં આવ્યું. આ સેવકો વર્તમાન મહામારીનાં સમયમાં નાગરિક સંરક્ષણ દળના સદસ્ય તરીકે સમાજને ઉપયોગી સેવાઓ આપે છે.@vijayrupanibjp @pkumarias @DARPG_GoI @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/DwQuFovZcg
— Collector & DM Vadodara (@CollectorVad) May 16, 2020
A total of 273 patients were discharged, taking the tally of thew recovered patients to 4,308, Ravi said, adding that the rate of recovery stood at 39.20 percent.
Apart from 14 deaths in Ahmedabad, two patients died in Surat while one each died in Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, and Banaskantha.
“Super-spreaders” are potential carriers of the viral infection who could infect a large number of people coming in their contact.
https://twitter.com/GogJunagadh/status/1261614788368404480?s=20
They could be vegetable vendors, grocery and milk shop owners, petrol pump attendants, or garbage collectors, who by the nature of their job carry the risk of contracting and spreading the viral infection.
Ahmedabad has reported 264 new COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of the affected patients in the district to 8,144. Surat’s case tally mounted by 34 to 1,049 and by 19 to 639 in Vadodara 19, Ravi added.
https://twitter.com/InfoVadodaraGoG/status/1261631721780346880?s=20
The total number of active cases stood at 6,056 in the state, 46 of whom are in critical condition, she said.
A total of 1,38,407 samples have been tested for coronavirus infection in the state so far, including 3,961 samples in the last 24 hours, she said.
Gandhinagar (163), Bhavnagar (107), Anand (82), Rajkot (79), Banaskantha (83), Panchmahal (69), Aravalli (77) have also reported a higher number of cases apart from Ahmedabad, Surat, and Vadodara.
વર્ષાઋતુની પૂર્વ તૈયારી અંગે બેઠક યોજી જિલ્લાના અધિકારીઓ સાથે સમિક્ષા કરી અને જરૂરી સુચનાઓ આપી.@CMOGuj @pkumarias @InfoGujarat @informationpor2 pic.twitter.com/8nt6lLAlKM
— Collector Porbandar (@collectorpor) May 16, 2020
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 10,989, new cases 348, deaths 625, discharged patients 4,308, active cases 6,056 and the number of people tested so far 1,38,407.
700 ‘superspreaders’ found +ve in 1 week in Ahmedabad
At least 700 “superspreaders” were found coronavirus positive in Ahmedabad in a massive screening of vegetable sellers and shopkeepers conducted in a week after officials had ordered the closure of shops, except those selling milk and medicines, between May 7 and 14, a senior bureaucrat said on Saturday.
"ક્યાં છો તમે?"
"ઘરે"
"હોમ કોરેન્ટાઈનનો સિક્કો બતાવો"અમરેલી વહીવટી તંત્ર દ્વારા વીડિયો કોલથી હોમ કોરેન્ટાઇન વ્યક્તિઓ ઉપર ચાંપતી નજર
જિલ્લામાં આવેલા લોકો પર દેખરેખ રાખવા બે કંટ્રોલ રૂમ કાર્યરત : કલેકટરશ્રી અને ડીડીઓશ્રી દરરોજ મુલાકાત લે છે
Part 1@CollectorAmr pic.twitter.com/gbrbHCFknm
— Info Amreli GoG (@InfoAmreliGoG) May 16, 2020
“About 33,500 superspreaders were screened and 12,500 (of them) tested for coronavirus infection over the last one week. Of them, 700 tested positive and were isolated,” said Additional Chief Secretary Rajiv Gupta, who has been appointed to oversee works related to COVID-19 in Ahmedabad.
Shops selling essential items reopened from May 15 on certain conditions in Ahmedabad which had been under a complete lockdown since May 7.
The eighth corona positive patient gets discharged!! There is no active case in Navsari now. However, each one of us has to be as alert as we have been.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘆𝗲𝘁!@CMOGuj @pkumarias @InfoGujarat @PS_HFWD_GUJ #FightAgainstCOVID19 pic.twitter.com/8voe2SZbf7— Collector & DM Navsari (@CollectorNav) May 16, 2020
“Even as grocery shops and vegetable vendors were allowed to resume their business from May 15, provided they carried health screening cards, at least 700 ‘superspreaders’ were isolated after around 12,500 people were tested for coro\rnavirus infection in a week-long exercise,” a senior official said.
#GMERS Vadnagar successfully conducted delivery of twins for a #COVID Positive patient today morning.
Both infants and mother are well right now.
Congratulations to the team of #GMERSVadnagar for this feat.#GujaratFightsCorona #CoronaWarriors pic.twitter.com/uutHsGVbqV
— Pankaj Kumar (@pkumarias) May 16, 2020
Before that, about 350 “superspreaders” were detected to have contracted the viral infection in a campaign launched on April 20.
Gupta said massive screening was conducted to ensure that the viral infection cannot get transmitted from the “superspreaders”.
District Collectors/DDOs/MCs across the state are leading from the front .
Our District Teams fully in War Zone. https://t.co/3j2AzLNWNu
— Pankaj Kumar (@pkumarias) May 16, 2020
He appealed to citizens to buy only from vendors or shopkeepers who carry “health screening cards”.
“These ‘superspreaders’ will have to renew their cards after 14 days,” he said.
Gupta further said the situation was normalising on the front of the supply of essential commodities, including grocery items and vegetables. He said these items are supplied in ample quantities after the week-long lockdown was lifted on Friday.
https://twitter.com/DahodMahiti/status/1261577328468963329?s=20
Grocery shops and vegetable/fruit vendors can operate their business between 8 am and 3 pm.
Besides, the AMC also allowed shops to remain open for a few hours in ten containment zones in the city.
Ahmedabad reported 7,044 coronavirus positive cases, and 473 deaths, as per the data available on May 15 night. The number of active cases is 4,260 and that of discharged people is 2,311.
30 municipal areas contribute 80 pc of COVID cases, officials told to focus on timely tracing
With coronavirus cases continuing to rise, top health ministry officials on Saturday held a meeting with senior officers and district magistrates from 30 municipal areas which are contributing almost 80 percent of the country’s COVID-19 cases during which monitoring of old city areas, urban slums, migrant labourer camps, and other high-density pockets was emphasised.
Timely tracking of patients to improve recovery percentage and influenza-like illness (ILI)/severe acute respiratory infections (SARI) surveillance was also stressed during the meeting.
Health Secretary Preeti Sudan and Rajesh Bhushan, OSD, health ministry, along with other senior officers held the high-level review meeting with the Principal Health Secretaries, Municipal Commissioners, DMs, and other officials from the 30 municipal areas.
These 30 municipal areas are from the states of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Odisha.
The measures taken by the officials and the staff of the municipal corporations for the management of COVID-19 cases were reviewed during the meeting which was also informed that fresh guidelines on the management of COVID-19 in urban settlements are being shared, a health ministry statement said.
