Eight positive cases in Surat rural, five in Bharuch

Surat: With about eight fresh Covid-19 cases reported on Friday, even Surat district is witnessing a rise in the number of cases in the past few days. According to health department officials, total 217 cases have been reported so far in Surat’s rural area. Of these, 117 patients have recovered and were discharged till Friday, while two persons have succumbed to the virus till date.
Meanwhile, Bharuch district recorded five fresh positive cases, taking the total number of Covid cases in the district to 73 on Friday.
Health officials said that three of a family including a 15-year-old girl and her parents from Bharuch town and two brothers from Pipaliya village near Bharuch tested positive for the virus on Friday.
Sources said that Piyush Srivastava, 50, his wife Rachana and their 15-year-old daughter — residents of Malhar society in Bharuch — tested positive after they had travelled to Vadodara a few days ago.
Two brothers — Sohail Suleman Ganchi, 23 and Samir Gandhi, 20 — had gone to Surat to attend a marriage ceremony of their relative on May 31. A few days ago, both brothers developed symptoms of Covid-19 and later their samples tested positive for the virus.
Navsari also recorded three Covid-19 cases on Friday.