Anand’s Covid-19 numbers climb to 37

TNN | Apr 23, 2020, 04:10 IST

Disinfectants being sprayed at a residential society in Petlad town of Anand district

Vadodara/Anand: With four more persons including two from coastal town Khambhat and two others from Umreth testing positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, the total number of cases in Anand district has reached 37.
In Khambhat, a 37-year-old female and a 53-year-old female from Dantarwado, which has already been declared a containment zone, tested positive for the virus. In Umreth, a 22-year-old male and a 38-year-old male, both residents of Vohrawad, tested positive. All the four are those who had come in close contact with other Covid-19 patients in their respective localities, officials of Anand health department said.
With this, while the total number of cases has reached 37 in Anand, four have been discharged while two have died so far. Samples of 343 individuals have tested negative in the district. A total of 1,532 people are currently under home quarantine and 48 at government quarantine facility.
A majority of patients – 20 – are currently under treatment at civil hospital in Anand while nine others are being treated at Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad. One patient each is being treated at N D Desai Hospital, Nadiad and S V P Hospital, Ahmedabad.
Of all the patients, four are currently being treated with oxygen support while health of 27 patients is normal, officials said.