Rural areas raise concern, 44 positive in district

Vadodara: While 44 more tested positive for Covid-19 in the city since Tuesday evening, Vadodara registered another peak in the number of cases on a single day. The rural areas emerged as a major area of concern as the fresh cases included 10 from outside Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) limits.
With positive cases being reported regularly in the rural areas, those outside VMC limits now have 143 cases. Fresh cases have been reported from Padra, Manjusar and other areas.
The remaining 34 new cases included 15 from the north zone of VMC, 10 from south zone, eight from east zone and one from west zone. The total number of persons who tested positive in Vadodara city and district now stands at 1,695 including 16 from outside the district who were found infected here.
According to the details released by VMC, 13 Covid-19 patients were also discharged on Wednesday., taking the total number of recoveries to 1,105 persons. Now, there are 540 under treatment even as 50 have been declared dead by VMC so far.
Those under treatment include 50 on ventilators or BIPAP machines and 102 on oxygen support. The condition of the remaining 388 patients is said to be stable.
1,600 beds available
Vadodara: The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) on Wednesday notified a bed capacity of 1,600 in the city and district for Covid-19 treatment. The capacity includes those in private hospitals as well as free beds in designated Covid-19 hospitals in the city. The free beds include 875 in SSG Hospital, GMERS, Gotri Hospital, Dhiraj General Hospital, Muslim Medical Centre, Parul Sevashram Hospital, ESIC Hospital, Infectious Disease Hospital and the Divisional Railway Hospital.