Anand tally now 10, 50% from Khambhat

TNN | Apr 15, 2020, 04:00 IST

Vadodara/ Anand: With a 54-year-old man, a resident of Aling crossroads area in Khambhat testing positive on Tuesday, the coastal town, now accounts for five COVID-19 cases out of total 10 in Anand district.
On Tuesday, Anand district’s total cases touched ten as the man, who has been admitted at civil hospital in Anand, tested positive.
The man lives in the same area of Khambhat from where four cases have surfaced in the past. A 53-year-old woman, who had travelled to Uttar Pradesh between January 11 and February 21, was the first to test positive in Khambhat’s Aling crossroads area.
Later, two of her family members including his 33-year-old son and 62-year-old husband had tested positive. Another 35-year-old man from the same locality, who had come in close contact with the woman, had also tested positive.
The latest patient to test positive is admitted at civil hospital in Anand where his condition is said to be stable. He had developed fever, cough and was suffering from sore throat.
Currently, of the ten patients that have tested positive, five are admitted in the isolation ward of civil hospital, Anand, while five others are admitted in the isolation ward of Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad. Of them, four are on oxygen support while six others are stable. None of the patient is critical or on ventilator support, officials said.
Apart from Khambhat’s Aling crossroads area, three other areas in the district have been declared as cluster containment zones.
So far, 218 samples have tested negative in the district. While 1,303 persons are under home quarantine, 30 have been kept under quarantine at government facility.