New cases raise alarm around Nalanda slums

Vadodara: The total number of Covid-19 cases in the city reached 528 with tests since Friday evening revealing that 28 more had tested positive. As many as 52 persons were also discharged from various facilities in the city.
According to details shared by the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) the 28 fresh cases were from 165 samples that were tested since Friday evening. The VMC did not report any deaths as it was awaiting death audit reports.
Fresh cases reported in the south and east zones of the city remained a cause of concern. Ten cases were reported in the east zone, 14 in the south zone and the remaining four were from the north zone.
A major cause of concern were cases from the slum quarters near Nalanda in the Waghodiya Road area of the city. Nine persons here tested positive on Saturday even as two others had tested positive earlier.
Dabhoi MLA and VMC corporator Shailesh Mehta said that the tests in the slum quarters were conducted after a lot of insistence by him.
“Two persons from here had tested positive earlier and I had sought for tests. There was reluctance, but eventually the samples were collected. Those affected are relatives,” Mehta said.
He added that a man from a nearby area had also died.
The 52 persons discharged on Saturday include five from the SSG Hospital and 47 from the Covid Care Centre at the Ebrahim Bawani ITI on Ajwa Road.