NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JULY 2
Gujarat on Thursday recorded its highest one-day increase of 681 coronavirus cases, taking the case count to 33,999, the state health department said.
This is the sixth straight day when more than 600 new coronavirus patients have come to light in the state.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp along with DyCM Shri @Nitinbhai_Patel held a meeting with expert group of doctors to discuss strategy to tackle COVID-19 with treatment protocols for next 30 days of #Unlock2 in the State. pic.twitter.com/cMldwVxTuB
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 2, 2020
Nineteen patients succumbed to the infection since Wednesday evening, taking the death toll due to the pandemic in the state to 1,888, the health department said in its statement.
पिछले एक हप्ते में तेजी से बढ़ा सूरत में कोरोना, गुजरात सरकार मिशन मोड में, स्वास्थ्य अग्र सचिव चार दिन से सूरत में, लिया जायजा, कहा सरकारी कोविड अस्पताल में 600 से अधिक बैड (180 ICU), धनवंतरि रथ, 104 सेवा बढ़ायी जाएगी।#GujaratCoronaUpdate #Surat @DDNewsHindi @MySuratMySMC pic.twitter.com/rBYoECRVBJ
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 2, 2020
563 COVID-19 patients were discharged from different hospitals in the state, taking the total of recovered patients to 24,601. As per the health department, 161 patients recovered in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by 205 in Surat, 103 in Vadodara, and 14 in Bharuch.
Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojana – a huge sigh of relief for all the poor and middle-class sections of the society whose lives have been impacted by the Corona pandemic. pic.twitter.com/MGjabi7BfH
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 2, 2020
Of the 681 new cases which emerged in the past 24 hours, 211 cases were reported from Ahmedabad district alone, including 202 cases from the city. The total case count of Ahmedabad district has now reached 21,339.
Other districts where a significant number of cases were reported in the last 24 hours are Surat (227), Vadodara (57) and Rajkot (26).
Surat recorded its highest one-day increase, which took the case tally to 5,257, second highest after Ahmedabad.
More than 2000 beds arranged by AMC in designated pvt hospital for Corona treatment prove boon to needy patients of low income group. Best care available free of cost. Shri Satish will tell more.@PMOIndia @CMOGuj @ibijalpatel @drrajivguptaias @Mukeshias @indiatvnews pic.twitter.com/PlSR1luPk9
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) July 2, 2020
Vadodara is in the third spot with 2,381 cases.
Due to the sudden rise in the cases in Surat, a diamond industry hub, Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi has been camping in the city for the last three days to find ways to contain the virus.
She announced that a 600-bed COVID-19 hospital will be set up at the Stemcell Institute building.
Of 19 patients who succumbed to the infection during the last 24 hours, seven died in hospitals in Ahmedabad, four in Surat, two in Vadodara and one each in Junagadh, Mehsana, Patan, Kheda, Valsad and Surendranagar districts.
There are 7,510 active cases in Gujarat now, 68 of them on the ventilators while rest are stable.
2.48 lakh patients are home quarantined in the state while 3,060 are lodged in quarantine centres.
અમદાવાદમાં એંટીજન ટેસ્ટ શરૂ કરાયા, આ ટેસ્ટમાં કોરોનાનું રિઝલ્ટ માત્ર 30 મીનીટમાં મળી જાય છે, જેથી દર્દીને વહેલી તકે આઈસોલેટ કરી તેની સારવાર શરૂ કરી શકાય છે. ICMR તરફથી આ ટેસ્ટની કિંમત 450 રૂપિયા નક્કી કરવામાં આવી છે.#GujaratFightsCovid19 @Amc_Gujarat @civilhospamd @MoHFW_GUJARAT pic.twitter.com/PDnHXFXXY7
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 2, 2020
211 new coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad, seven deaths
With 211 new patients found since the previous evening, the number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad district reached 21,339 on Thursday.
Seven infected patients died in the district during this period, taking the death toll to 1,456.
#AMC ના મેડીકલ ઓફિસર ઓફ હેલ્થના ડૉ. ભાવિન સોલંકીનું નિવેદન
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શહેરમાં કોરોનાના કેસ અને મૃત્યુ દરમાં ઘટાડો નોંધાયો@AMCAhmedabad @Amc_Gujarat @GujHFWDept pic.twitter.com/UbrRK10ZFl— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 2, 2020
202 cases were found from Ahmedabad city while nine cases were from other areas of the district, said a release by the Gujarat Health Department.
161 patients were discharged from various hospitals – 147 of them in the city – taking the number of recovered coronavirus patients to 16,254.
Of 1,888 COVID-19 deaths reported in Gujarat so far, as many as 1,456 fatalities have occurred in Ahmedabad district – 1,401 of them in the city.
Of the total 21,339 cases registered in Ahmedabad
