Elderly woman dies in Vadodara, 11 test positive

TNN | Apr 26, 2020, 04:15 IST

Samples being taken from residents of Jubilee Baug area in Vadodara

Vadodara: An elderly woman died succumbed to the coronavirus infection even as 11 others tested positive in the city since Thursday morning. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the city and district now stands at 234.
The woman from Diwalipura area, who had tested positive on April 18, died at the GMERS, Gotri hospital on Saturday morning. The 70-year-old woman had multiple health complications that led to her death.
The new cases were reported from different areas of the city and new localities like Narsinhji Ni Pole and Nava Bazar saw cases surfacing. The cases from Nava Bazar have made traders there concerned as the development might dash their hopes of resuming business.
The case from the Narsinhji Ni Pole was that of a man who was a pharmacist. The man used to stay in the same area and his outlet was also located there.
With only one case being reported from Tandalja area and extensive surveillance revealing no upper respiratory infection or flu-like cases, the administration decided to remove it from the red zone. It will now be kept under the orange zone
In Anand district, the death toll rose to three after a 56-year-old Khambhat resident, Sabbir Malek, died at Shree Krishna Hospital, Karamsad.
Meanwhile, three more persons including two women and one man, from Khambhat area tested positive on Saturday taking the positive cases to 46 in the district.
These include two men and a woman, all above 60 years of age.
Godhra too registered five cases since Friday night. The cases included four persons from the family of a girl who had tested positive earlier and a man from Khadia Falia. The total number of cases in Godhra now stands at 20.