NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, DEC 6
Gujarat on Sunday reported 1,455 fresh coronavirus positive cases, taking the count of infections to 2,18,788, the state health department said.
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With 17 more patients succumbing to the viral disease, including 10 deaths in Ahmedabad, three in Surat, and one each in Amreli, Botad, Rajkot, and Vadodara, the cumulative toll in the state mounted to 4,081, it said.
At 1,485, the number of recoveries exceeded the new cases.
The tally of recoveries in the state now stands at 2,00,012, taking the case recovery rate to 91.42 percent, the department said in a release.
The state now has 14,695 active cases.
With 69,310 samples being tested during the day, the overall tally of tests rose to 82,41,960, the release said.
Ahmedabad reported 306 new cases, Surat 235, Vadodara 174, and Rajkot 164, it said.
Among other districts, Kheda and Mehsana reported 56 new cases each, Gandhinagar 53, Jamnagar 45, Panchmahal 36, Patan 33, Surendranagar 29, Sabarkantha 27, Bhavnagar and Banaskantha 26 each, Kutch 24, Dahod 23, Amreli 21, Junagadh 20, Morbi 19, Bharuch, Chhota Udepur and Mahisagar 10 each, etc.
In the Union Territory of Daman, Diu, Dadra, and Nagar Haveli, the COVID-19 caseload mounted to 3,315 with the addition of two new cases, while the recoveries rose to 3,299, officials said.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 2,18,788, new cases 1,455, deaths 4,081, active cases 14,695 and people tested so far 82,41,960
306 new cases in Ahmedabad district; 310 recover
With 306 fresh COVID-19 cases on Sunday, the highest in Gujarat, Ahmedabad district’s tally rose to 52,030, the state health department said.
The count of fatalities in the district went up by 10 to 2,119, it said.
With 310 patients getting discharged in the day, the number of recoveries outnumbered the new cases. The tally of recoveries now stands at 46,800 in the district, the release said.
Ahmedabad city reported 291 recoveries and an equal number of new infections, while rural areas added more recoveries than fresh cases.
At 459, Ahmedabad’s north-west zone overtook the west zone with the highest number of active cases, the civic body said in a release.
The count of active cases in Ahmedabad now stands at 2,587, it said.
The city municipal corporation has designated 106 private hospitals as COVID-19 hospitals.
Surat sees 235 COVID-19 cases, 3 deaths; 282 recover
Surat district reported 235 COVID- 19 cases and three deaths on Sunday, while 282 people, including 227 from areas under the civic body, were discharged, an official said.
The district now has 44,953 cases, including 1,084 deaths, he added.
“The city areas accounted for 199 of the new cases, while rural parts saw 36 new cases and 55 people recovering. The recovery rate of Surat city is now 94.04 percent with a total of 31,406 people getting discharged so far,” he said.
A Surat Municipal Corporation official said 21,523 people are quarantined, while 426 are hospitalised.
“There are 137 patients in civil hospital and SMIMER, both of which have a combined bed capacity of 3,046. The bed occupancy of civil hospital is 4 percent, and that of SMIMER hospital is 7.06 per cent,” he added.
In rural Surat, Kamrej taluka leads with 2,356 cases, including 10 detected during the day, while Choryasi follows with 2,271 cases.
100 cops in Ahmedabad found positive in special drive
About 100 police personnel have tested positive for coronavirus in a special drive in Ahmedabad in the last four days, a senior officer said on Saturday.
Among the infected police personnel, two constables have been hospitalised while others are in home isolation, Joint Commissioner of Police (Admin) Ajay Chaudhary said.
‘We started a drive from Tuesday (December 1) to test all 14,000 police personnel in Ahmedabad. Nearly, 1,000 police personnel are being tested everyday. About 100 personnel have tested positive for the virus so far,’ Chaudhary said, adding that this is the second drive to test the police personnel in the city.
In a drive conducted around two months ago, 200 police personnel had tested positive for coronavirus, he said.
Besides COVID-19 testing, arrangements have also been made for police personnel in the city to get advice from specialised doctors on health issues like blood pressure, diabetes and heart problems through telemedicine mode, he said.
This is being done across all the police stations in Ahmedabad along with the offices of the commissioner and ACPs, Chaudhary said.
He said a sanitisation drive covering all the police stations and residences of police personnel is also underway.
“There are 32 police lines in the city and 50 police stations. They are being sanitised along with the offices of the commissioner, ACPs, DCPs, crime branch, etc,” Chaudhary said.
Police personnel infected with COVID-19 or had tested positive earlier have been given corona support kits to measure their body temperature and the oxygen level. They also include immunity-booster tablets, he added.
Gujarat has started preparations for vaccination: CM
Gujarat has started preparations for the COVID-19 vaccination, which would start with around 3.96 lakh healthcare workers, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani said on Saturday.
“The Gujarat government has put together a cold chain infrastructure to store and transport the COVID-19 vaccine and made lists of priority beneficiaries. The first priority will be given to healthcare workers,” he said while addressing the convocation ceremony at Marwadi University on Saturday.
