NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, JUNE 1
The count of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 17,217 on Monday after addition of 423 new infections, while the toll increased to 1,063 with 25 fresh fatalities, the state health department said.
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With the 861 patients discharged on Monday, a total of 10,780 patients have been cured so far.
For the last three days, since the announcement of Unlock-1 and more relaxation, over 400 cases are being detected daily.
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીએ આજે રાજ્યના દક્ષિણ ગુજરાત અને સૌરાષ્ટ્રના વિસ્તારોમાં સંભવિત વાવાઝોડાની આગાહીને પગલે બચાવ અને સુરક્ષાત્મક પગલાંઓ માટેની સંબંધિત જિલ્લાતંત્રોની તથા રાજ્ય સરકારની તૈયારીઓ અંગે ઉચ્ચસ્તરીય બેઠક યોજીને વિડીયો કોન્ફરન્સ દ્વારા સર્વગ્રાહી સમીક્ષા કરી હતી. pic.twitter.com/O5wZBvy4r2
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) June 1, 2020
Ahmedabad alone had 314 cases detected on Monday, followed by Surat 39, Vadodara 31, Gandhinagar 11, Mahesana six, Banaskantha, Rajkot, and Sabarkantha three each, Anand and Porbandar two each and Bhavnagar, Aravalli, Panchmahals, Mahisagar, Patan, Valsad and Surendranagar one case each.
આઈસોલેશન વોર્ડમાં ફેસ માસ્ક, ફેસ શિલ્ડ, હેન્ડ ગ્લવ્ઝ અને પી.પી.ઈ. કીટથી સજ્જ હોવા છતાં COVID19 પોઝીટીવ દર્દીઓ સાથે સૌથી વધુ સંપર્કમાં આવવાના કારણે ફરજ પરના મેડિકલ અને પેરા મેડિકલ સ્ટાફને ઈન્ફેક્શનનું જોખમ હોય છે. pic.twitter.com/Q5n0VTFYwH
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) June 1, 2020
Of Monday’s fatalities, Ahmedabad accounted for the lion’s share at 22. Two patients from Surat and one patient from Aravalli also succumbed to the virus.
Despite the share of corona positive cases from Ahmedabad coming down to 72.56 percent, the death toll rate of the city remained the same – 81.27 percent.
આણંદ જિલ્લા કલેકટરશ્રી દ્વારા કોરોના વાઇરસ સામે નાગરિકો ને રક્ષણ મળે અને રોગ પ્રતિકારક શક્તિમાં વધારો થાય તેવી આર્યુવેદીક ગળો ઘનવટીની એક લાખ ગોળીઓના પેકિંગ બનાવી તેને નાગરિકોને કોરોના સંક્રમણથી બચવા માટે વિતરણ કરવા અભિયાન હાથ ધરવામાં આવ્યો હતો. pic.twitter.com/KtHfn8l0Gb
— Gujarat Information (@InfoGujarat) June 1, 2020
To date, out of the total deaths, 864 people have died in Ahmedabad alone, followed by 71 in Surat, 41 in Vadodara, 14 in Gandhinagar, 10 each in Anand, and Panchmahals, eight in Bhavnagar, six in Patan and five each in Mahesana and Aravalli.
#CoronaWarriors માટેના આપણા કિંમતી શબ્દો બદલ ગુજરાત પોલીસ આપ સર્વેનો આભાર વ્યક્ત કરે છે.
મિત્રો લોકડાઉન ખુલવાની રાહ માત્ર તમે જ નથી જોઈ રહ્યા, કોરોના પણ જોઈ રહ્યો છે
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— Gujarat Police (@GujaratPolice) June 1, 2020
Of the total cases, Ahmedabad continued to lead the state with maximum, at 12,494, followed by Surat with 1,659, Vadodara 1,074, Gandhinagar 285, Bhavnagar 275, Mahesana 120, Mahisagar 116, Rajkot 115, Banaskantha 114, Sabarkantha 106, Aravalli 105, Anand 101, Panchmahals 89, Patan and Kutch 80 each, Kheda 68, Botad 59 and Jamnagar 54 positive cases.
Health authorities have so far carried out a total of 2,16,258 tests in the state.
There are 5,374 active cases, out of which the condition of 5,308 is stable, whereas 65 critical patients are still on ventilators.
Right now, there are over 2.4 lakh people quarantined in the state at 2,41,046 where 2,33,005 are home quarantined and 8,041 in institutional facilities.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 17,217, new cases 423, deaths 1,063, discharged 10,780, active cases, 5,374 and people tested so far 2,16,258
Ahmedabad cases rise by 314 to 12,494; death toll 864
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district rose by 314 to 12,494 on Monday while the death toll went up by 22 to 864, the state Health department said.
Citizens take note of the micro containment areas of Ahmedabad. @PIBAhmedabad @ahmedabad_info @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/6AUw5T02uc
— Ahmedabad Collector (@CollectorAhd) June 1, 2020
Ahmedabad also reported recovery of 790 patients, the highest single-day rise so far, among the total 861 recoveries reported from across the state, it said.
The civic body has also issued new ceiling rates for private hospitals, where it has requisitioned 50 percent of the total beds for treating COVID-19 patients.
The ceiling rates have been slashed further by 10 percent and 5 percent for wards, HDU, isolation, and ICU, and ventilation, isolation and ICU combined facilities, following the order of the Gujarat High Court.
The revised rate stands at Rs 9,000 per day for a private bed, Rs 12,600 per day for high dependency unit (HDU), Rs 18,050 per day for isolation and ICU, and Rs 21,850 per day for ventilation, isolation, and ICU combined, it said.
‘Micro-containment zones’ set up in Ahmedabad
With the fifth phase of coronavirus lockdown coming into force from Monday, the Ahmedabad civic body has identified ‘micro-containment zones’, thereby reducing the number of people covered in such zones to nearly 70,000 as compared to almost 13 lakh earlier.
The ‘micro-containment zones’ comprise small residential localities in wards across the city, according to the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC).
Restrictions will continue in these zones during the fifth phase of lockdown, the AMC said.
‘Several areas of Ahmedabad city have been declared as micro-containment zones. Now, instead of bringing the entire ward of the municipal corporation under containment zone, small localities in each ward have been identified as micro- containment zones,’ the AMC said in a statement.
The central zone of Ahmedabad has 5,254 houses under the micro-containment zones, followed by northwest zone- 3,638 houses, north zone-2,361 houses, south zone-999 houses, southwest zone-954 houses, and east zone-786 houses.
Exit and entry points of these micro-containment zones will remain closed, and nobody residing there will be allowed to venture out for work or any other purpose, the AMC said.
Only essential services are allowed in these zones between 7 am and 7 pm, it said.
The list of micro-containment zones will be ‘dynamic in nature and updated periodically,’ the Gujarat government said on Sunday.
Till now, total 20.8 lakh people have been placed under containment zones across the state, as per official figures.
BJP MLA tests positive, takes count to 3
An MLA of the ruling BJP in Gujarat was admitted to a hospital on Monday after he tested positive for coronavirus, his office said.
The legislator had a fever for the last few days and he eventually tested positive for COVID-19, said a release by his office.
He was admitted to a hospital on Monday, the release said.
He is the third MLA from Gujarat to be infected by the virus.
Earlier, two MLAs – one from the BJP and the other from the Congress – had tested positive for coronavirus.
The Congress MLA was discharged two weeks ago after recovering from the disease. The other lawmaker is undergoing treatment.
