With 203 positive cases, Limbayat turns red hot

TNN | Apr 26, 2020, 04:00 IST

Surat: Limbayat zone under Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) has turned into hot red on Saturday after the area alone crossed the 200th mark, recording a total of 203 Covid-19 positive cases.
About 24 new cases had been reported from Limbayat, Rander, Varachha and Katargam zones on Saturday. The total positive cases in the city shot up to 480.
Surat municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani said that shops in 3km periphery of Covid-19 positive cases and hotspots areas in Surat city will not be allowed to open until May 5.
Meanwhile, two SRP jawans identified as Shailesh Vaghela and Sagar Desai; ambulance driver of Kiran Hospital Dipak Dabhre, marshall of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) Kiran Mori and an aanganwadi worker Daxa Gaywala tested positive for Covid-19 in Surat.
58-YEAR-OLD MAN SUCCUMBS TO CORONAVIRUS
Surat: Death toll due to coronavirus in the city touched 15 after Dipak Bhatt, 58, from Amroli succumbed to the infection on Saturday at the New Civil Hospital (NCH). Bhatt was admitted with co-morbid condition of bilateral pneumonia and respiratory trouble on April 20. He tested positive of the virus on the next day.