NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JAN 8
A day-long dry run to check the preparedness of the state machinery for COVID-19 vaccination was successfully conducted across Gujarat on Friday, a senior official said.
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Vaccination Dry Run across selected Hospitals including SVP Hospital in Ahmedabad City today. pic.twitter.com/9MUPghfUPS— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) January 8, 2021
The exercise was part of the nationwide mock drill to mimic the steps and protocols to be followed during the actual vaccination drive.
“The dry run in Gujarat was held at around 900 sites in 248 talukas and eight major cities in all 33 districts today. Over 22,500 registered beneficiaries, 25 each in 900 sites, underwent dummy vaccination as part of the drill,” said state Immunization Officer Nayan Jani.
“Around 4,500 trained health workers, including those who would be administering the vaccine, took part in the day-long exercise. The Co-WIN software also worked properly. This successful exercise has established that Gujarat is ready to roll out actual vaccination whenever it is announced,” said Jani.
Earlier, in December and in the first week of January, the state Health Department had conducted two similar dry runs in selected districts.
The Gujarat government has so far trained 16,000 ”vaccinators” and created a cold chain infrastructure to store one crore vaccine doses, he added.
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Covid Tests continues at various Establishments in Ahmedabad City.AMC Corona Testing Team at Concept Hyundai 👇 pic.twitter.com/PDeGGGqKuW
— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) January 8, 2021
685 new coronavirus cases, 3 deaths, 892 recoveries
As many as 685 persons were found infected with coronavirus across Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking the case tally to over 2.5 lakh, the state health department said on Friday evening.
The caseload reached 2,50,598, while the death toll went up to 4,335 with three more fatalities.
At the same time, 892 persons also recovered during this period.
With 49,952 new tests, the number of tests conducted in the state has now reached 1,00,53,558.
While two patients died in Ahmedabad city, one death was reported in Tapi district, said the release, adding that Gujarat’s coronavirus mortality rate stands at 1.73 percent.
As many as 134 new COVID-19 cases, the highest in the state, emerged in Ahmedabad district, followed by 126 in Surat, 117 in Vadodara, 79 in Rajkot, 20 in Junagadh, 18 in Kutch, and 16 each in Gandhinagar and Mehsana.
Gujarat’s recovery rate has gone up to 95.02 percent.
One person was found positive for coronavirus in the adjoining Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu during the day.
Of the total of 3,352 persons found positive for coronavirus in the territory since the outbreak, two have died, 3,344 have recovered and six cases are still active, said a release by the UT administration.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 2,50,598, new cases 685, death toll 4,335, discharged 2,38,114, active cases 8,149, and people tested so far 1,00,53,558.
