Two more die in Surat city, 43 test positive

TNN | Apr 22, 2020, 04:00 IST

Surat: The death toll due to Covid-19 in Surat climbed to 12 while 43 more tested positive on Tuesday.
Taheera Abdulrazak Malek, 62, a resident of Banu Mansion at Khatkiwad in Lal Gate, died in New Civil Hospital (NCH) on late Sunday night. She was rushed to NCH after she complained of severe breathing problem. She also had diabetes, heart trouble and kidney disease. Malek died few hours after testing positive.
Another 55-year-old woman Manju Raval, a resident of Padmanagar, Maan Darwaja tenement, who was admitted in NCH on April 18, succumbed.
Meanwhile, majority of the 43 positive cases detected during the community sampling drive were from Maan Darwaja in Limbayat zone.
Sources said that Khushal Parmar, 54, a volunteer of an NGO involved in the distribution of food packets in Rander, was infected. He is a resident of Shanti Kunj at Palanpur Jakatnaka.
Meanwhile, municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani again asked citizens to maintain social distancing and wear face masks/
"Highest number of foreign travellers had come to Athwa zone area but only 7 positive cases have been reported till now from there. The highest number of cases have been reported from Limbayat zone. We must understand the important of social distancing,'' Pani said.
In all, 41 teams are actively involved in surveillance in Limbayat which has turned into Covid hotspot.
SMC has appealed to caterers in the city to come forward and provide their wash basins to public places like medical stores, grocery shops and other places where large number of people visit. Wash basins can be a major tool to break the chain and hand washing is an important practice. “Some NGOs have donated wash basins and I appeal people to provide wash basins and install them with liquid soaps so that people can wash their hands,” Pani added.