Highest single-day spike in positive cases in Surat

TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 04:00 IST

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Surat: The city witnessed its highest single-day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases with 16 persons testing positive on Wednesday.
A 45-year-old woman from New Rander Road, who had tested positive on April 6, died at the New Civil Hospital (NCH) on Wednesday, taking the death toll to four. Health officials said that Yasmin Kapadia, a resident of Bag-e-Rehmad, was suffering from co-morbid conditions including cardio respiratory arrest, hypertension, dyslipidemia and pneumonia.
Meanwhile, majority of the positive cases detected were during the community sampling from different parts of the city including central zone, Katargam, Rander, Maandarwaja, Limbayat and Umarwada.
“Covid-19 infection is shifting from earlier hotspot Rander to newer areas as positive cases now have been reported from central zone and Limbayat zone. I request people to adhere to all the guidelines issued by government for social distancing and wearing masks, or we will have to take more stringent actions,” said Banchhanidhi Pani, municipal commissioner.
Sources said that about 22 new patients with suspected symptoms were admitted in the NCH’s isolation ward on Wednesday.
SMC has already declared 12 areas as containment zones which effectively puts nearly 2.91 lakh people into home quarantine in the city.
“We have started mass testing in the city in last few days. We have taken 3,781 samples so far from different parts of the city and 593 teams are actively involved in the door-to-door surveillance activity,” the civic body chief said.
On Wednesday, 111 people were penalized for not wearing masks at public places in the city.