NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, APR 26
Gujarat’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 5 lakh-mark on Monday to reach 5,10,373 with the addition of 14,340 new cases, the highest rise in a single day so far, the state health department said.
આજ રોજ માન.શિક્ષણ મંત્રીશ્રી @imBhupendrasinh ના અધ્યક્ષસ્થાને જિલ્લાના મહેસૂલી,પોલીસ તથા આરોગ્ય અધિકારીઓ સાથે બેઠક યોજી જિલ્લાની #COVID19 ની પરિસ્થિતીની સમીક્ષા કરી જરૂરી સૂચનાઓ આપવામાં આવી.@CMOGuj @MoHFW_GUJARAT @pkumarias @ahmedabad_info pic.twitter.com/cbxYrB9cot
— Ahmedabad Collector (@CollectorAhd) April 26, 2021
With a record 158 fatalities in a day, the COVID-19 toll in Gujarat rose to 6,486, it said.
Gujarat is now left with 1,21,461 active cases.
संवेदनहीनता की तमाम हदे @vijayrupanibjp सरकार ने पार कर दी है। गुजरात में लोग कोरोना से ज्यादा, सरकार की गलत नीतियों और गेरवहीवट से मर रहे हैं ।
जनता माफ नही करेगी ।@CMOGuj @Nitinbhai_Patel @JayantiRavi @CollectorSRN तुरंत कार्यवाही करे। https://t.co/Zy0J9nYSrS— Amit Chavda (@AmitChavdaINC) April 26, 2021
A total of 7,727 patients were discharged during the day, taking the number of recoveries in Gujarat to 3,82,426, the department said in a release.
With this, Gujarat’s case recovery rate has gone down to 74.93 percent.
At 5,679, Ahmedabad reported the highest number of fresh cases in the state in the day and 27 fatalities, also the highest in the state.
Surat reported 1,876 new cases and 25 deaths.
Vadodara reported 706 new cases and 16 deaths while Jamnagar added 668 infections. Rajkot reported 598 cases and 14 deaths, followed by 536 cases in Bhavnagar.
The number of beneficiaries who have received COVID-19 vaccine doses rose to 1,14,54,629 on Monday with 1,59,093 more people receiving the jabs, the department said.
As many as 20,19,205 people have received the second dose of vaccines so far.
In the Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli Daman and Diu, the number of coronavirus positive cases rose to 6,839 with 142 new additions.
With 123 patients getting discharged, the count of recoveries increased to 4,672.
The UT is now left with 2,160 active cases with four deaths so far, officials said.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 5,10,373, new cases 14,340, death toll 6,486, discharged 3,82,426, active cases 1,21,461, people tested so far – figures not released.
Clinical guidance for management of adult #COVID19 patients #Unite2FightCorona pic.twitter.com/tivvBDlKzQ
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_INDIA) April 26, 2021
2 BJP MLAs demand CM to impose lockdown
Two BJP MLAs from Vadodara on Monday demanded a lockdown in the state to tackle the surge in COVID-19 cases.
The two MLAs, Ketan Inamdar representing Savli Assembly constituency and Shailesh Mehta of Dabhol, held a meeting in Vadodara during the day to discuss outbreak issues, including supply of medical oxygen to hospitals in rural areas.
Inamdar told reporters he had written to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani demanding a lockdown as the situation could get serious, especially due to wedding functions being organised in large numbers this time unlike last year amid the outbreak.
He also said awareness among the rural population was poor and a combination of such factors could worsen the situation, and, therefore, he had asked the CM to enforce lockdown.
Inamdar also protested against the Vadodara district administration’s decision to ban 164 hospitals from admitting COVID-19 patients requiring oxygen, adding that it was the duty of the administration to ensure all hospitals get adequate oxygen supply.
Mehta seconded Inamdar and said lockdown was needed to break the chain of infection.
He also said Vadodara district’s daily quota of 160 metric tonnes of oxygen must be maintained.
In a 24-hour period ending at 5pm on Monday, Vadodara city added 528 cases to its COVID-19 tally, while the figure was 178 in the district’s rural parts.
