- Gujarat records 50 new Omicron cases, tally crosses 200
NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, JAN 5
The daily COVID-19 cases in Gujarat on Wednesday crossed the 3,000-mark for the first time after May 26 last year with the addition of 3,350 infections, raising the state’s tally to 8,40,643, the health department said.
#COVID19 ને કાબૂમાં લેવા માટે શહેરના તમામ રહેણાંકના પ્રતિનિધિને કોવિડ કો-ઓર્ડીનેટર તરીકે કામગીરી કરી પોતાના રહેણાંક એકમના તમામ સભ્યોનું વેક્સિનેશન થઈ જાય, કોવિડ અને કંટેઇન્મેન્ટ ઝોન ગાઇડલાઇનનું પાલન થાય,AMC ટીમને સહકાર મળે એ જોવાની જવાબદારી સોંપવામાં આવી છે. pic.twitter.com/OjOVY4Pqr7
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) January 5, 2022
Gujarat had reported 3,794 cases on May 23, 2021. The daily tally had crossed 3,000 again on May 26. The day before, Gujarat had seen 2,265 new cases.
A total of 236 patients were discharged after treatment, which increased the overall number of recoveries in Gujarat to 8,19,523 so far, the department said in a release.
હાલમાં શહેરમાં કુલ 86 માઈક્રો કન્ટેઈન્મેન્ટ ઝોન અમલમાં છે.
ત્યારે #COVID19 સંક્રમણ અટકાવવા અ.મ્યુ.કો. દ્વારા આજે જાહેર કરાયેલા નવા કુલ 23 માઈક્રો કન્ટેઈન્મેન્ટ ઝોનની યાદી. pic.twitter.com/6X1xqHZqBn— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) January 5, 2022
The number of active cases in Gujarat crossed the 10,000-mark to reach 10,994.
With one patient succumbing to the COVID-19 infection in Amreli, the cumulative toll in Gujarat mounted to 10,126, as per the release.
તા.06/01/22થી #Covid19 સંક્રમણને નિયંત્રિત કરવાના આશય સાથે AMTS/BRTSની તમામ બસ 50% પેસેન્જર કેપેસિટી સાથે સંચાલનમાં રહેશે.
બસમાં માસ્ક ફરજિયાત
સહકાર આપવા શહેરીજનોને નમ્ર અપીલ. pic.twitter.com/DrczuDcM2c— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) January 5, 2022
Ahmedabad city alone reported 1,637 fresh cases. Ahmedabad district saw 1,660 cases, the highest number in Gujarat during the day. Surat reported 690 new cases, Vadodara 181, Rajkot 159, Anand 114, and Kheda 84, the department said.
5.26 lakh more people were administered vaccine doses, including 2.80 lakh in the 15-18 age group, taking the total number of doses administered so far in Gujarat to 9.18 crore.
The Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu reported 20 fresh cases, including 17 in Daman, raising the tally of confirmed cases to 10,696. The UT is now left with 33 active cases after 10,659 recoveries so far and four fatalities, officials said.
According to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation, the number of micro containment zones in the city have gone up to 112, with the addition of 23 more (MCZs) on Wednesday. The AMC has appealed to all the residents’ associations to ensure the vaccination of all members.
Further, commencing Thursday, all AMTS and BRTS buses will run with 50 percent capacity. While mask and double dose vax certificates are mandatory for all those above 18 years of age, below 18 are requested to wear masks and maintain all COVID SOPs.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 8,40,643, new cases 3,350, death toll 10,126, discharged 8,19,523, active cases 10,994, people tested so far – figures not released.
Gujarat records 50 new Omicron cases, tally crosses 200
Gujarat reported 50 new cases of the Omicron variant on Wednesday, taking the tally of such cases in the state to 204, the health department said.
On the other hand, 16 patients of this coronavirus variant were discharged from hospitals, which took the total of Omicron infection recoveries to 112.
Ahmedabad city alone accounted for 34 of the 50 new cases, raising its tally of Omicron infections to 93. Against this, 41 such patients have recovered in the city so far.
Vadodara city reported five new cases of Omicron, Kheda district four, Anand and Surat three cases each and Kutch one case.
