Highest 39 +ve cases hit Banyan City in one day

Vadodara: In the highest single day spike in the number of Covid-19 cases till now, Vadodara saw 39 new cases since Wednesday evening. With this, the total number of positive persons in the city went up to 1,191.
The fresh cases included two from the western parts of the city. An elderly couple staying on the Laxmipura Road opposite the Yash Complex in Gotri tested positive. Work to sanitise the residence of the couple was taken up on Wednesday itself when officially there was only one case in the west zone of the city.
Opposition corporator Rajesh Ayre, in whose areas the cases were reported, said that the couple was admitted to a private hospital. “They were not included in the bulletin on Wednesday. Similar delays were there in declaring other results from the western parts,” he said.
The north zone of the city saw the highest number of fresh cases at 15. This was followed by east zone with 11 and south zone with nine positive cases. The couple that tested positive was the only case in west zone even as the rural areas of the district also saw two cases. In all 148 samples were tested since Wednesday evening.
Nineteen persons were discharged from various facilities including eight from home isolation. So far, 720 persons have been discharged in the city leaving 426 persons under hospitalisation. Those hospitalised include 39 on oxygen and 22 on ventilators or BIPAP machines.