Ahmedabad district deaths cross 1,600; last 100 in 24 days

AHMEDABAD: With four deaths reported in 24 hours ending 5pm on Saturday, Ahmedabad district has now recorded deaths of 1,601 Covid-19 patients so far. The last 100 deaths took place in 24 days, which is more than double of the 11 days it took the district to record 1,401 cases to 1,500 cases.

Over the last 100 deaths, between 1,401 and 1,500, the district’s death rate reduced to 2.3% from 4.6%. The district’s case tally reached 26,663 with 146 fresh cases in 24 hours. The district has recorded 1,700 cases in the past 10 days at the average of 170 daily cases.
With the update, the number of active patients in the district reached 3,477, which is 13% of the total cases. In comparison, the state has 23% of total patients active.
A total of 875 patients in Gujarat got discharged in the last 24 hours, taking the total to 45,782 patients discharged. Saturday’s patient discharges include 187 from Surat, 117 from Ahmedabad, 85 from Gandhinagar and 64 from Patan.
With the update, the number of active patients in the state reached 14,327, which is 23% of total cases. Out of total Covid-19 positive patients in Gujarat, 73% have got discharged whereas 4% have died due to infection.
Gujarat carried out 26,303 tests to find new cases, taking the total number to 7.91 lakh. The state is carrying out 405 tests per day per million people, claimed state health department.
As on Saturday evening, Gujarat had 4.8 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which around 2,000 were in quarantine at designated Covid care facilities.
The city as on Saturday morning had 2,946 active cases of which the West Zone of the city has the maximum, 507 cases. The zone comprises Naranpura, Navrangpura, Paldi, Vasna and Vadaj among other areas.
The worst three zones in terms of active cases are all from the western part of the city.
These are the West Zone (507 cases) North West Zone (494 cases) comprising Ghatlodia, Thaltej, Gota and Chandlodia, and the South West Zone (445 cases) comprising Bopal, Jodhpur, Sarkhej Vejalpur and Maktampura
The Central Zone has 287 active cases, which is the lowest. AMC officials said that for the past one month there has been a spike in Covid cases in the western part of the city.