AHMEDABAD: On Sunday, the city crossed 250 cases, adding 39 cases in a day. By Sunday evening, the tally was 283. The city on Sunday also recorded two deaths – of a 75-year-old man and a 60-year-old woman in LG Hospital and Civil Hospital respectively.
With the new cases, the city now accounts for 55% of the total positive cases of Gujarat and 50% of total deaths. In past four days, the number of cases identified as local transmission (LT) increased exponentially, to 85% of the total cases.
Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary (health & family welfare), said that the cases in Ahmedabad city were recorded from areas such as Behrampura, Ghodasar, Ranip, Maninagar, Motera, Danilimda, Naroda, Isanpur, Jamalpur, Raikhad and Odhav. “Many of these areas are identified as hotspots for Covid-19 and intensive screening has begun,” she said.
A Covid-19 case heat map released by the state health department on Sunday revealed that two clusters – the Walled City area and Danilimda and periphery – accounted for 70 cases each.
Another notable cluster was Navrangpura, Naranpura and Ambawadi which has recorded 14 cases so far. The cases were identified by the method of increase in RT-PCR tests by improving sample collection and door-to-door survey to identify potential positive cases. The city health officials admitted that some of the cases were found during the survey, which would not have been detected by conventional methods as those who tested positive had no apparent signs of viral infection such as cough, fever or breathing trouble.
On Sunday, the new positive cases included a family of four from Naranpura and two from a family each in Maninagar and Jamalpur.
With the new cases, the city now accounts for 55% of the total positive cases of Gujarat and 50% of total deaths. In past four days, the number of cases identified as local transmission (LT) increased exponentially, to 85% of the total cases.
Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary (health & family welfare), said that the cases in Ahmedabad city were recorded from areas such as Behrampura, Ghodasar, Ranip, Maninagar, Motera, Danilimda, Naroda, Isanpur, Jamalpur, Raikhad and Odhav. “Many of these areas are identified as hotspots for Covid-19 and intensive screening has begun,” she said.
A Covid-19 case heat map released by the state health department on Sunday revealed that two clusters – the Walled City area and Danilimda and periphery – accounted for 70 cases each.
Another notable cluster was Navrangpura, Naranpura and Ambawadi which has recorded 14 cases so far. The cases were identified by the method of increase in RT-PCR tests by improving sample collection and door-to-door survey to identify potential positive cases. The city health officials admitted that some of the cases were found during the survey, which would not have been detected by conventional methods as those who tested positive had no apparent signs of viral infection such as cough, fever or breathing trouble.
On Sunday, the new positive cases included a family of four from Naranpura and two from a family each in Maninagar and Jamalpur.
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