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AHMEDABAD, OCT 11
Gujarat on Sunday reported 1,181 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking its count of infections to 1,51,596, the state health department said.
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With nine more people succumbing to the infection, including four in Ahmedabad, the cumulative toll in the state mounted to 3,569, it said.
Three more deaths were reported from Surat in the day, while a person succumbed each in Rajkot and Vadodara, the department said.
In good news, daily recoveries continue to outnumber fresh cases.
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On Sunday, a total of 1,413 patients were discharged after treatment, raising the total count of recoveries in the state to 1,32,310, it said, adding that the state”s case recovery rate improved to 87.28 percent.
At 261, Surat reported the highest number of new cases in the state in the day, followed by Ahmedabad with 189 infections.
Vadodara and Rajkot each added 129 and 123 new infections, respectively.
Among other districts, Jamnagar added 98 new cases, Mehsana 42, Gandhinagar 41, Junagadh 29, Patan 24, Panchmahal 23, Amreli, and Bharuch 20 each, Sabarkantha 19, Kutch 18, Morbi and Surendranagar 15 each, Banaskantha 14, Anand and Gir Somnath 11 each, etc.
Meanwhile, the number of tests conducted so far has crossed the 50 lakh-mark and rose to 50,12,705. The number of active cases in the state now stands at 15,717, the department further said.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,51,596, new cases 1,181, deaths 3,569, discharged 1,32,310, active cases 15,717, and people tested so far 50,12,705.
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— Central Bureau of Communication, Ahmedabad,Gujarat (@CBCAhmedabad) October 11, 2020
Surat adds 261 fresh COVID-19 cases
Surat district on Sunday reported the highest number of 261 COVID-19 cases in Gujarat while three persons died, the state health department said.
With this, the tally of cases in the district now stands at 31,203 and the death toll at 973, it said.
While Surat city reported 176 new cases and 182 recoveries, 85 new infections were reported from rural areas and 115 others recovered, the release said.
With 21,388 patients getting discharged so far, the recovery rate inSurat city reached at 91.2 percent, the civic body said.
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A total of 29,227 people remained quarantined in the city, it said.
761 patients currently remain admitted in various hospitals.
189 fresh cases in Ahmedabad district, 198 recover
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district went up by 189 to 38,925 on Sunday, while four fatalities took the toll to 1,865, Gujarat health department said.
A total of 198 patients were discharged in the day in the district, taking the total count of recoveries to 33,540.
In Ahmedabad city, the number of recoveries (189) exceeded new infections (168) in the day.
In rural parts, 14 people recovered as against 21 new cases.
Three out of the total four fatalities occurred in the city while one person died in rural areas, the department said in a release.
The cumulative count of recoveries in rural areas now stands at 2,540 while the number of infections reached 2,659.
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— Central Bureau of Communication, Ahmedabad,Gujarat (@CBCAhmedabad) October 11, 2020
Out of the city’s seven zones, the west zone has a maximum of 559 active cases whereas the south zone has 501 such cases, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) said in its COVID-19 bulletin.
The number of micro-containment areas in the city further came down to 154, it said.
Meanwhile, 1,090 beds out of the total 1,910 beds in 66 private hospitals requisitioned by the civic body remained occupied until October 10 evening.
While 41 beds are available and 116 remained occupied in ICUs with a ventilator, 439 beds are occupied in isolation wards and 360 remain available, the Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association said.
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Music, laughter therapies introduced in SSG Hospital
Music, laughing and Yoga therapies have been introduced as a part of treatment for COVID-19 patients at the Sir Sayajirao General (SSG) Hospital in Vadodara.
In Ahmedabad, some AMC-designated private COVID hospitals have already been practising garba, yoga, antakshri, prayer meetings by following all SOPs.
“We have introduced not just music therapy but laughing therapy also to boost the morale of COVID-19 patients along with routine Yoga sessions. These therapies are showing good results and patients also seem to be enjoying them,” Dr Belim Obi, an officer at COVID-19 ward said.
Patients in the ward said that they find the therapies helpful as it relaxes them and reduces the pandemic induced stress.
“We are very glad that this music and laughter therapy has been introduced as it relaxes us and relieves us from the tension. This quarantine can get quite lonely as we have to live without our families for several days. We are thankful for this initiative,” a patient at the hospital said.
