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GANDHINAGAR, JULY 6
Gujarat reported yet another highest-ever single-day spike of 735 coronavirus cases on Monday, raising the tally to 36,858, while 17 more patients succumbed to the infection, seven of them in Ahmedabad, the state health department said.
With the death of 17 more COVID-19 patients, total fatalities rose to 1,962, it said.
The number of recovered cases increased to 26,323 with 423 more patients getting discharged on Monday, the health department said in a release.
Surat reported the highest number of 241 COVID-19 cases in the state, followed by Ahmedabad at 183 and Vadodara at 65.
With this, the total coronavirus cases in Surat rose to 6,209, in Ahmedabad to 22,075, and in Vadodara to 2,628.
Bhavnagar district reported 35 new cases, Banaskantha 24, Rajkot 21, Bharuch 18, Gandhinagar 17, Valsad 13, Mehsana 12, and Kutch 11, among others, the release said.
Out of the total 17 COVID-19 fatalities, seven were reported in Ahmedabad, six in Surat, two in Aravalli, and one each in Banaskantha and Kheda.
District-wise, Ahmedabad reported the highest number of recoveries with 240 patients getting discharged, taking the total number of such people to 17,069.
Surat reported discharge of 86 patients, taking the total number of recoveries in the district to 4,007.
The state now has 8,573 active cases with the condition of 69 patients being critical, while the remaining 8,504 are stable, said the release.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 36,858, new cases 735, deaths 1,962, discharged 26,323, active cases 8,573 and people tested so far 4,18,464.
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183 COVID-19 cases found in Ahmedabad; 7 die, 240 discharged
The number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad rose to 22,075 on Monday with the addition of 183 new infections, while seven more patients died, the state health department said.
With the death of seven more COVID-19 patients, the toll in the district rose to 1,491, it said.
As many as 240 patients were discharged in the district, raising the number of recovered people here to 17,069, it said.
Out of the 183 cases, 168 were reported from Ahmedabad corporation limits and the rest 15 from rural parts of the district, the department said.
Even though the number of new cases in the city has witnessed a decline, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has constantly been revising and adding new micro-containment areas from where new cases are being reported.
With the AMC on Monday adding 17 more such areas to the existing list of 110, the number of micro-containment zones in the city went up to 127.
As many as 2,494 persons were placed under restrictions under 17 new micro-containment areas identified by the city civic body.
On Sunday, the AMC had added 26 new micro-containment areas, taking the total number of such areas to 110.
Out of the total cases in Ahmedabad city, 15 percent are active, the release said.
The recovery rate is 78.1 percent of total cases in the city, it added.
Covid-19 recovery rate in 21 states, UTs higher than national average of 60.77%: Health ministryhttps://t.co/cliY0yuQKc
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Ahmedabad: 75 teams to check COVID-19 patients at home
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation on Monday formed 75 teams to examine coronavirus patients at home under its ”Home Sanjivani Van” initiative.
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Under the initiative, a two-member team would visit COVID-19 patients, who are under home isolation, on a daily basis to register blood pressure, pulse, temperature, oxygen level, etc.
The decision to start the service was taken on Monday, said Additional Chief Secretary Rajiv Kumar Gupta, who is also the officer of special duty (OSD) to guide the AMC in its COVID-19 combat.
AMC
“Corona Ghar Seva”
Home based healthcare services provided to asymptotic patients on home isolation.One Team of two para-medics personnel deployed at each UHC to look after 10 patients. One Doctor allocated on group of 10 such home care Teams.
Services launched on 6 July pic.twitter.com/bYWzUA7iKs
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“We have made 75 teams comprising 150 trained nursing staff to carry out this task daily. We have deployed one doctor for every 10 teams. These teams will be equipped with various devices and medicines, including Vitamin C and D tablets,” said Gupta.
“The teams will collect data of the patient and report it to the doctor assigned who will then provide expert advice and visit the patient at home if required,” Gupta added.
As per the plan, each team would visit 10 COVID-19 patients in home isolation.
As per the Indian Council of Medical Research directives, asymptomatic patients or those having very mild symptoms can be treated at home.
