25 of Gujarat’s 28 deaths reported from Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: Wednesday was the third straight day with 25 or more Covid-19 deaths in the city. In the 24 hours ending 5pm on Wednesday, Ahmedabad reported 25 deaths. Likewise, it was the fourth straight day with more than 250 fresh cases reported in the city, or 10 cases every hour. Ahmedabad district cumulatively recorded 291 cases including 15 from outside AMC limits.
In 24 hours, the state reported 380 fresh Covid-19 cases, the second highest daily tally for the state, a shade below the 441 cases reported on May 5. Of the 28 deaths in the state, 25 were from Ahmedabad and while there were one each in Vadodara, Gandhinagar and Sabarkantha.

Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary (health and family welfare), on Wednesday said that the number of persons to have recovered from Covid-19 in the state had reached 1,500 with 119 patients discharged in the past 24 hours. “A fortnight ago, the recovery rate was 7.43% which has now improved to 22%,” she said. “Our death rate is also 5.8%. It means that 94% of the patients recover. Thus, we request people not to panic,” she said.
The state tested 5,559 people on Wednesday through pooling. Gujarat has so far tested 95,191 persons. Ravi said that the state has enlisted the services of medical experts from the private sector to see patients at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad. “We are implementing the latest research and innovations in the world for treatment of patients,” she said.