Nagarwada alone heads for three-figure mark

Prashant Rupera | TNN | Apr 15, 2020, 04:25 IST

Vadodara: Nagarwada-Saiyedpura area, city’s first Covid red zone’ is heading towards the three-figure mark. In 24 hours ending on Tuesday evening, the city witnessed addition of six new cases taking up the total number of positive cases since the outbreak to 114.
Of this, as many as 96 are from the densely populated narrow bylanes of Nagarwada-Saiyedpura stretch even as results of samples collected of other suspects from the same area are pending confirmation.
Coronavirus cases in this area, which was declared as containment zone on April 5, are spiralling at an alarming rate ever since first case – that of a 54-year-old male – surfaced from here. In fact, 96 cases that were recorded by Tuesday evening, have surfaced within nine days as district administration had decided to go with mass sampling exercise. The number of positive cases from the family of first positive patient from the area – Bhargav Patni (27) – who passed away on Sunday has also increased. On Tuesday, the deceased’s 81-year-old grandfather tested positive while his mother, father and uncle are already under treatment at GMERS Medical College and Hospital, Gotri.
Meanwhile, more cases are surfacing from Karelibaug area as well. After a 40-year-old Karelibaug resident tested positive on Monday, two other family members, including her 73-year-old father-in-law and 15-year-old daughter too tested positive of the virus. Gorwa area has also witnessed its first case as a 42-year-old female resident of Kuresha Park, located right behind Gorwa police station, tested positive on Tuesday.
Nagarwada counts for 96 cases, while Karelibaug and Bahar Colony, Ajwa Road count for three cases each. Gorwa, Tandalja Road, Makarpura, Sevasi Road, Mogalwada and Panigate have witnessed one case each, while four cases had also surfaced from Nizampura in the past.