Vadodara’s north, east zones remain worst nCov affected

Vadodara: The north and east zones of the city remained the worst affected areas due to Covid-19 in the city. Of the 29 new Covid-19 cases registered in the city since Sunday evening, 23 were from these two zones.
Vadodara district including the city has registered 1,086 Covid-19 cases so far. These include 475 registered in the north zone and 347 registered in the eastern parts of the city. Put together, they account for 822 cases. The south zone has registered 149 cases while the west zone has registered 65 cases.
The rural areas of the district outside the city limits registered 39 cases while 11 persons from outside the district tested positive for Covid-19.
The total number of deaths in Vadodara due to Covid-19 remained at 42 with the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) not putting on record any more victims. Sources said that a series of deaths had taken place, but their death audit reports were still awaited.
With nine persons being discharged from the different hospitals and Covid Care Centres, the total number of discharged patients now stands at 625. At the other end, 419 cases are still under treatment including nine on ventilators or BIPAP machines and 21 on oxygen support.
VMC’s decision of not including the details of persons who tested positive, meanwhile, has drawn flak from the city unit of the Congress party.
Spokesperson of the city unit Shailesh Amin said that if names of patients were declared, there were chances that the issue of manipulation of data would get exposed.