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GANDHINAGAR, APRIL 26
Even as the tally of COVID-19 patients in Gujarat grew to 3,301 after 230 new cases were reported on Sunday, a senior health department official on Sunday claimed that the state government has been fighting the pandemic on a war-footing under the leadership of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
#GujaratFightsCorona #IndiaFightsCarona
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી વિજય ભાઈ રૂપાણીના દિશા દર્શનમાં રાજ્ય સરકારે યુદ્ધના ધોરણે અમદાવાદ રાજકોટ વડોદરા અને સુરતમાં ડેડિકેટેડ #COVID19 હોસ્પિટલ 4000 બેડની ક્ષમતા સાથે ઊભી કરીને સારવાર શરુ કરી છે. pic.twitter.com/Vlfdc8vYvk— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 26, 2020
The count of deaths due to the infection reached 151 with the addition of 18 victims, a health official said.
Ahmedabad reported 178 out of the 230 fresh cases, taking the number of cases in the district to 2,181.
#IndiaFightsCorona
Arunaben Solanki is resident of Morbi. Even in the time of lockdown she is relieved. She says, " I have BPL card, under which I got wheat, rice and jaggery. For help in difficult time, we are thankful to government.@PIB_India pic.twitter.com/YrsdscsOu2— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 26, 2020
All the 18 deaths reported on Sunday were from Ahmedabad, due to which the toll in the district grew to 104, the official said.
Ten out of the 18 the deceased suffered from co-morbid conditions.
Among the welcome changes in the post-Coronavirus era is the awareness on the need to wear masks.
A mask is something we will have to keep wearing in the times to come. It does not mean the person wearing a mask is unwell, it is just a wise precaution. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/YtLqJoj0Gf
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 26, 2020
“Apart from Ahmedabad, Surat reported 30 new cases, Anand eight, Gandhinagar two, Rajkot and Vadodara four each, and Banaskantha, Kheda, Navsari and Patan one each,” Principal Secretary (Health), Jayanti Ravi said.
A total of 31 patients were discharged on Sunday, taking the number of recovered cases to 313.
There are 2,831 active cases in the state. Of these patients, 27 are on ventilator, she said.
The COVID-19 figures in Gujarat as follows: Positive cases: 3,301,new cases: 230, deaths: 151, discharge: 313, active cases: 2,831; people tested so far: 51,091.
COVID-19 has changed how we view things.
I am so happy to see the immense appreciation for the working of sanitation workers, our police forces.
The appreciation for doctors, nurses, healthcare workers is exceptional. #MannKiBaat pic.twitter.com/38AieFphm5
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) April 26, 2020
Spl COVID-19 hospitals set up in 4 mega cities, 10,500 beds in 25 govt, 31 pvt hospitals dedicated to pandemic
Gujarat Government has equipped itself by creating and setting aside 4,000 beds in the dedicated hospitals in four municipal corporations of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Rajkot, respectively, for the treatment of COVID-19 patients to fight the increasing spread of novel coronavirus on a war-footing under the leadership of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani.
#IndiaFightsCorona #COVID19 નો સામનો કરવા હોસ્પિટલનાં રૂમો અને અન્ય ભાગોનું શુદ્ધિકરણ કરવા યુવી ડિસઇન્ફેક્શન ટ્રોલીનો ઉપયોગ અસરકારક બની શકે છે…
વધુ વિગતો માટે વાંચો👇https://t.co/FnwfUP2lqL pic.twitter.com/VB15TKruAK— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 25, 2020
A high-level committee of senior secretaries has been constituted and entrusted with the task of complete management of the situation.
Giving details of the broad steps undertaken, Principal Secretary for Health Jayanti Ravi said, “10,500 beds have been created for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in 25 government hospitals and 31 private hospitals attached with Prime Minister’s Jan Arogya Yojana in district headquarters besides three private hospitals recognised as COVID-19 Hospitals by respective district collectors.”
While there is a huge demand for costly ventilators in the entire world for the treatment of novel coronavirus, Dr Ravi said the Rajkot-based Jyoti CNC, inspired by the Chief Minister, has started producing indigenously affordable successfully tested Dhaman-1 ventilators at a cost of Rs one lakh. There are 1,061 ventilators available in government hospitals and 1,700 in private hospitals, while orders have been placed for 1,000 more ventilators, she said.
Virus situation better than Italy, Spain, France: Official
Gujarat, which has nearly the same population as Italy, France, and Spain, reported fewer COVID-19 cases in 35 days after the detection of the first case in the state as compared to the three European countries, a state health department official said on Sunday.
This is mainly due to measures like lockdown and containment strategy for people returning from abroad, state principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi told reporters.
લોકડાઉન દરમિયાન દવાનો દુરઉપયોગ કરતાં વ્યકિતઓ સામે ફુડ એન્ડ ડ્રગ્સની કાર્યવાહી , રૂ. ૩ લાખની કિંમતની દવાઓનો જથ્થો જપ્ત
નશાકારક દવાઓનો મોટા જથ્થો અસામાજીક તત્વો દ્રારા ખરીદ-વેચાણ કરાતુ હોય નાર્કોટીંગ ડ્રગ્સ એન્ડ સાયકોટ્રોપીક સબસ્ટન્સ એક્ટ હેઠળ કાર્યવાહી @hemantkoshia #Lockdown2 pic.twitter.com/zQgPuBfI0Z
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
The coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 3,071 in 35 days since the first patient was found, compared to 80,536 in Italy, 56,972 in France, and 94,410 cases in Spain, she said.
The population of Italy is 6.04 crore, France-6.5 crore, Spain-4.7 crore, while the population of Gujarat is 6.25 crore, the official informed.
ગઈ કાલ સુધી 282 લોકોએ કોરોના સામે જંગ જીતી છે અને કોરોના દર્દીઓના બે ટેસ્ટ નેગેટીવ આવે ત્યારે જ તેમને ડિસ્ચાર્જ કરવામાં આવે છે :- @vijayrupanibjp @CMOGuj @GujHFWDept #GujaratFightsCovid19 #GujaratCoronaUpdate pic.twitter.com/rgJGQr7NSF
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
“It shows that several factors, like lockdown and containment of people returning from abroad by getting them immediately quarantined and isolated, have helped contain the spread of the disease,” the official said.
Factors like the use of BCG vaccine and warmer climate in Gujarat compared to these three European countries may have also played a role in curbing the virus spread, she said, adding that ‘this comparison is just for our information’.
Gujarat has so far reported the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases in the country after Maharashtra.
Till Saturday, there were 3,071 coronavirus cases in Gujarat, compared to 7,628 cases in Maharashtra.
#Ahmedabad શહેરમાં 450 જેટલી ચેકપોસ્ટ મુકવામાં આવી છે, અને પોલીસ કર્મચારીઓની ઇમ્યુનીટી વધે તે માટે તેમણે આયુર્વેદીક દવાઓ અને હોમિયોપેથી દવાઓ આપવામાં આવે છે #GujaratFightsCovid19#GujaratCoronaUpdate@AhmedabadPolice pic.twitter.com/dPJrqL5oIM
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
Besides, Gujarat has so far reported 133 COVID-19 deaths, the second-highest after Maharashtra where 323 people have died.
Gujarat reported its first double-digit single-day jump in coronavirus cases on April 4, when 17 new cases were reported.
On April 10, it reported its first three-digit single-day jump of 124 cases, and on April 18 recorded its highest single-day jump of 332 cases.
#Ahmedabad શહેરમાં કોરોનાના કેસોનો ડબલિંગ રેટ ચાર દિવસથી લંબાઈને આઠ દિવસનો થયો હોવાની જાણકારી આપતા મ્યુ. કમિશનરે કહ્યું હતું કે જો દુકાનો ખોલાય તો ઈન્ફેક્શનના ફેલાવામાં વધારો થવાની શક્યતા છે.@vnehra #ahmedabadcorona #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/kj29z5KvOI
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
Ravi said the state government is prepared to deal with a higher number of coronavirus cases and has created the infrastructure for the same.
As many as 10,500 beds have been set up across 61 hospitals in the state to deal with such patients, along with 22,385 beds in 150 COVID care centres for asymptomatic patients, she said.
The coronavirus testing capacity has also been increased to 3,770 samples per day, compared to 150 samples per day during the first week of the outbreak, she said.
વેપારીઓ સાથે ચર્ચા બાદ રાજ્ય સરકારએ નિર્ણય કર્યો છે, અમદાવાદ, સુરત, રાજકોટ અને વડોદરામાં ૩જી મે સુધી અન્ય દુકાનો નહી ખુલે .. માત્ર જીવન જરૂરિયાતની ચીજવસ્તુઓની જ દુકાનો ચાલુ રહેશે…#GujaratCoronaUpdate #coronavirus @CMOGuj @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/E7yNn4gKIh
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
Avoid unnecessary movement during lockdown: DGP
Director-General of Police Shivanand Jha on Sunday said that people should avoid unnecessary movement and cooperate during the lockdown. Police are taking effective steps to enforce lockdown across the state and maintain social-distancing. People who are roaming around unnecessary, their vehicles will be detained.
Briefing about lockdown in a press conference, Jha said, “Only private vehicles have been allowed to carry essential items during the lockdown. Passenger vehicles are not allowed for this purpose. Rickshaws and taxis will be detained in case they run on the roads. A case has come to light where a vehicle designated for milk distribution was found to be smuggling liquor in Botad on Sunday. The vehicle has been detained.”
#MannKiBaat
શહેર હોય કે ગામ લાગી રહ્યું છે કે દેશમાં એક મોટો મહાયજ્ઞ ચાલી રહ્યો છે. દરેક વ્યક્તિ પોતાનું યોગદાન આપવા આતુર છે. ખેડૂતોને જ જોઈ લો- મહામારી વચ્ચે તેઓ પોતાના ખેતરોમાં દિવસ રાત મહેનત
કરી રહ્યા છે અને આ વાતની ચિંતા કરી રહ્યા છે કે તેમના દેશમાં કોઈ ભૂખ્યું ન રહેઃ PM pic.twitter.com/fXAULtVnNG— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
Special vigilance and continuous monitoring are being done in containment areas.
He also asked citizens to dial police control number 100 if they find the unnecessary gathering of people. The police will take adequate actions against those violating the lockdown.
Throwing light on the significant use of drones and CCTV during the lockdown, Jha said that, the cities and towns are being thoroughly observed through drone surveillance. 363 crimes have been registered through drones. A total of 17,768 people have been arrested for 8,910 offenses to date. Meanwhile, under the Smart City and VISWAS project, 69 individuals have been arrested for 62 crimes reported through the CCTV network tallying up to 2,638 individuals. Additionally, 291 crimes have been registered so far and 504 people have been arrested through CCTV’s in residential societies.
છોટાઉદેપુર- બોડેલીના અમન પાર્કના રહીશોએ આરોગ્ય કર્મીઓને બિરદાવ્યા,
બોડેલીના ધાનકવાડ, અમનપાર્ક વિસ્તારમાં 14 દિવસનો ક્લસ્ટર ક્વોરેન્ટાઇન સમય થયો પૂર્ણ,
અડીખમ રહેલા આરોગ્ય કર્મીઓને સન્માનિત કર્યા,
બોડેલી નગરમાં 6 કેસ આવ્યા હતા પોઝીટીવ જે પૈકી 3 સાજા થઈ આવ્યા પરત,@collectorcu pic.twitter.com/15ZvftdSAG
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
For spreading fake messages and rumors on social media, a total of 479 crimes have been registered and 938 accused have been arrested. 913 and 537 offenses have been registered through videography and automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) respectively. 334 offenses have been registered to date through mounted cameras in special ‘Prahari’ Vans.
મોરબી પોસ્ટ વિભાગની સરાહનીય કામગીરી,
વિધવા બહેનોને મળતી સહાયની રકમ ઘરે પહોંચાડવામાં આવી,
પોસ્ટમેન દ્વારા જરૂરી પુરાવા વિધવા મહિલાઓના ઘરે જઈ મેળવી સહાયના રૂપિયા આપવામાં આવ્યા
લોકોએ સરકારની કામગીરીને બિરદાવી@CMOGuj @info_morbi @MorbiSdm @IndiaPostOffice @PMOIndia #Gujaratcorona pic.twitter.com/oj0qaLLt7u
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) April 26, 2020
