Nagarwada shopkeeper succumbs

TNN | Apr 13, 2020, 04:15 IST

Citizens from Nagarwada being sanitized at Raopura police station

Vadodara: City recorded its third Covid-19 death on Sunday evening when a 27-year-old man died at GMERS Medical College and Hospital at Gotri, hours after he tested positive.
Bhargav Patni, a resident of Navrang Road in Nagarwada area, died at around 7.30 pm. Sources said that he had other co-morbid conditions as he was also suffering from dengue.
He is the relative of two others from the area who have tested positive. Sources said that the family runs a fair price shop in Nagarwada, which has been declared as red zone since April 5.
Earlier, 52-year-old Shailen Desai of Nizampura area had died on April 2. Later, 62-year-old Rekha Sheth, a resident of Tandalja Road died on April 6. The duo was admitted at SSG Hospital and had travelled to Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, the number of positive cases in the city has crossed the 100 mark within a month. With six more testing positive in 24 hours ending Sunday evening, the tally touched 101.
Like in the past, Sunday too witnessed maximum number of cases surfacing from Nagarwada-Saiyedpura area.
Vadodara collector Shalini Agrawal said of the six samples that tested positive on Sunday, four were from Nagarwada-Saiyedpura, while two each were from Bahar Colony and Ajwa Road.
The two cases from Bahar Colony are relatives of a 66-year-old male from the same colony who had tested positive on April 9. While one 50-year-old female is the man’s niece, another 24-year-old granddaughter tested positive.
The total number of cases from Nagarwada-Saiyedpura stretch alone has touched 88. All the cases have emerged after mass sampling of residents in this area.
Of the 101 cases, 92 are under treatment. By Sunday afternoon, of the 978 samples which were tested, 828 had come negative.
A majority of the Covid-19 positive patients are currently under treatment at GMERS Medical College and Hospital at Gotri, while a couple of them are being treated at private multi-specialty hospitals in the city.
GMERS Medical College and Hospital at Gotri has been declared as Covid-19 hospital for Central Gujarat.
Meanwhile, district health officials informed that screening and home quarantine period of all the 757 passengers whose details were provided by the state government to the district administration has got over.