AHMEDABAD: The city on Saturday recorded 20 deaths of Covid-19 positive patients, highest in a single day. Earlier on April 28, the city had recorded 19 deaths. With the deaths in past 24 hours, Ahmedabad now reports 15% of India’s total mortality due to Covid-19 and is second only to Mumbai in terms of highest deaths in a district.
It was also the second day in a row where the district recorded 250 or more cases. After the all-time high of 267 cases in a day, the district on Saturday recorded 250 – except five, all other cases were from within Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) limits.
Analysis of the cases and deaths – 3,543 and 185 respectively – reveal that the doubling time for cases is eight days. But deaths are doubling faster at six days. On a positive note, out of 160 patients discharged after recovery from Covid-19 in Gujarat, 63 were from Ahmedabad.
It took the state three days to reach from 4,000 cases to 5,000. Out of the 1,000 cases, 766 were from Ahmedabad alone.
Out of the 20 deaths reported in past 24 hours, 11 were men and 9 were women. Out of the total, 12 were above 60 years of age whereas 5 were below 50 years of age. The youngest deceased person was 16 years old, whereas the oldest was 75 years old.
Five of the deceased had both hypertension and diabetes, whereas three others had hypertension. Two had kidney disease and one each had heart and liver disease as comorbidity. One of the deceased was HIV+, said state health department officials.
Among three Gujarat districts having 90% of total positive cases, Vadodara has the highest 7.38% death rate followed by 5.22% of Ahmedabad. Surat is at third spot with 4.23% deaths of total positive patients.
It was also the second day in a row where the district recorded 250 or more cases. After the all-time high of 267 cases in a day, the district on Saturday recorded 250 – except five, all other cases were from within Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) limits.
Analysis of the cases and deaths – 3,543 and 185 respectively – reveal that the doubling time for cases is eight days. But deaths are doubling faster at six days. On a positive note, out of 160 patients discharged after recovery from Covid-19 in Gujarat, 63 were from Ahmedabad.
It took the state three days to reach from 4,000 cases to 5,000. Out of the 1,000 cases, 766 were from Ahmedabad alone.
Out of the 20 deaths reported in past 24 hours, 11 were men and 9 were women. Out of the total, 12 were above 60 years of age whereas 5 were below 50 years of age. The youngest deceased person was 16 years old, whereas the oldest was 75 years old.
Five of the deceased had both hypertension and diabetes, whereas three others had hypertension. Two had kidney disease and one each had heart and liver disease as comorbidity. One of the deceased was HIV+, said state health department officials.
Among three Gujarat districts having 90% of total positive cases, Vadodara has the highest 7.38% death rate followed by 5.22% of Ahmedabad. Surat is at third spot with 4.23% deaths of total positive patients.
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