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AHMEDABAD, JAN 5
The coronavirus caseload in Gujarat rose to 2,48,581 with 655 new cases coming to light on Tuesday, the state health department said.
Four more patients succumbed to the viral infection, including two in Ahmedabad, which took the overall death toll in the state to 4,325, the department said in a release.
At the same time, 868 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of recoveries in Gujarat to 2,35,426.
The daily spike in coronavirus cases in Gujarat has been witnessing a steady decline over the last few weeks and the state”s recovery rate has now improved to 94.71 percent, said the department.
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— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) January 5, 2021
With 48,039 new tests conducted for coronavirus on Tuesday, the total number of samples tested so far in Gujarat has gone up to 99,06,698.
At 141, Ahmedabad reported the highest number of new cases in the state in the day, followed by 124 cases each in Surat and Vadodara.
Rajkot reported 73 new cases, Gandhinagar 24, Kheda and Jamnagar 16 each, Kutch 14, Surendranagar 12, Dahod and Mehsana 11 each, etc.
Of the four fatalities, one death each occurred in Surat and Amreli, the health department said.
Gujarat is now left with 8,830 active cases, it said.
Gujarat’s coronavirus figures are positive cases 2,48,581, new cases 655, deaths 4,325, active cases 8,830, and people tested so far 99,06,698.
In the Union Territory of Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, four patients were discharged during the day, taking the count of recoveries to 3,342, officials said, adding that no new case was reported in the day. The tally of coronavirus cases in the UT is 3,351.
The UT is left with seven active cases while two persons have died so far, officials added.
The daily number of coronavirus tests and the count of overall samples tested so far in the UT is not available.
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Covid19 Vaccination Dry Run in selected Hospitals in Ahmedabad city pic.twitter.com/hFtbWAvhMU— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) January 5, 2021
Ahmedabad records 141 new cases; two casualties
At least 141 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Ahmedabad district, raising the count of infections in the region to 58,380, an official from the state health department said.
With two casualties during the day, the toll in the district stood at 2,260, the official said.
As many as 142 patients were discharged from various treatment facilities, taking the number of recoveries to 53,222, he said.
According to the official data, Ahmedabad city reported 137 infections and 135 recoveries, while the rural parts of the district reported four new cases and seven recoveries.
The city’s western zone remains the worst affected, with 408 active cases in the northwest zone, 396 in the west zone, and 361 in the southwest zone, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said.
At least 3,850 patients have been discharged so far in the rural areas, increasing the recovery rate to 98 percent, the official said.
As of Tuesday evening, the bed occupancy in private hospitals designated for COVID-19 treatment stood at a little over 10 percent, with 356 beds out of 3,531 occupied, the Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association said.
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— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) January 5, 2021
Surat sees 124 cases, 1 death, 134 recover
The COVID-19 tally of Surat rose by 124 on Tuesday, while the toll and recovery count increased by one and 134 respectively, an official said.
The district’s caseload stands at 49,882, including 1,140 deaths, he added.
“Surat city accounted for 106 of the new cases and 108 of the people who recovered. The rest were from rural areas. The city’s recovery rate is 95.75 percent with 35,856 people getting discharged so far,” a Surat Municipal Corporation official said.
“Currently, 7,468 people are quarantined and 198 hospitalised, including 71 in civil hospital and SMIMER, where bed occupancy rates are 1.9 and 3.4 percent respectively,” he added.
Kamrej in rural Surat has 2,571 cases followed by 2,438 in Choryasi and 2,052 in Bardoli, while 1,053 people are quarantined and 12,051 discharged, an official said.
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— Dr.Vallabh Kathiria (Modi Ka Parivar) (@DrKathiria) January 5, 2021
Kamdhenu Aayog claims ayurveda treatment cured 800 COVID-19 patients in clinical trials in Rajkot, Vadodara, Varanasi, and Kalyan
Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA) Chairman Vallabhbhai Kathiria on Tuesday claimed that 800 COVID-19 patients have been cured through ”panchgavya and ayurveda” treatment in a clinical trial conducted in four cities across the country.
Announcing the first-ever national exam on ”gau vigyan” (cow science) to be held next month, Kathiria said the clinical trials were conducted on 200 patients each in Rajkot and Vadodara (Gujarat), Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) and Kalyan (Maharashtra) between June and October 2020 in partnership with state governments and some NGOs.
The RKA, which comes under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, was set up by the Centre in February 2019 for the “conservation, protection and development of cows and their progeny”.
“Kamdhenu Aayog was a knowledge partner in the clinical trial… Soon, we are going to submit the data of clinical trials to the Ayush Ministry,” Kathiria told reporters.
The treatment entailed doses of ”panchgavya” granules (mixture of cow urine, cow dung, milk, ghee, and curd), herb ”Sanjeevani booti” and herbal concoction ”khada”, he said.
Stating that the clinical trials were conducted as per the Ayush Ministry’s norms, Kathiria said the COVID-19 positive patients volunteered to participate in the trials and signed the required documents.
They were admitted to medical colleges in the respective places where the trials were held.
For instance, trials were conducted on COVID-19 patients admitted to the Institute of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) in Varanasi and at the Ayurveda Cure COVID Centre in Rajkot, he said.
Asked if the ayurveda treatment was a preventive measure, Kathiria said, “It was curative. No allopathy medicine was given to them.”
He also said there is a “lobby” of the allopathy industry that does not accept such kind of treatment. “But in the next 1-2 years, they too will accept.”
To a question on whether cured COVID-19 patients are required to take the vaccines, he said, “It is not required for those who have antibodies. Still, (if) someone wishes to take, they can.”
