5districts see new high; 4 in S’rashtra

Highest-ever cases of Covid-19 in Rajkot (94), Bhavnagar (72), Jamnagar (52) and Devbhumi Dwarka (13); cases in Surat (rural) drop to lowest in a month; 155 cases in Ahmedabad district

Gujarat reported more than 1,101for the sixth consecutive day with 1,101 persons testing positive for Covid-19. While cases have declined in Surat and Ahmedabad, new peaks have been reported from five districts, four of which are in Saurashtra. These include Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar and Devbhumi Dwarka. Besides these, Panchmahals got its highest cases so far. With addition of the new cases, the tally of Gujarat stands at 63,675, while the death toll has reached 2,487 with 22 more deaths on Sunday.

Rajkot district had 94 cases, Bhavnagar 72 and Jamnagar 52, a new high for each of them. Devbhumi Dwarka which has had single-digit cases so far reported 13 new cases on Sunday. Panchmahals reported 27 cases. Its previous high was 23 on July 30. Vadodara had 96 cases, its highest so far, for the third time.

There were 237 new cases of Covid-19 in Surat district, its lowest in a fortnight. While the city accounted for 209 cases, it was the sharp drop in rural areas that brought down the total. Surat (rural) reported 28 cases on Sunday, its lowest since July 3 when there were 14 cases. It had reached a peak on July 26 with 98 cases. Ahmedabad reported 155 cases, of which 143 were in the city and 12 were in rural areas.

Among other districts that reported high number of cases, Mehsana reported 43 cases, Junagadh 40, Gandhinagar 29, Valsad 20, Navsari 19, Amreli, Dahod and Kheda 17 each, Anand, Bharuch and Kheda 16 each, Botad 15, Gir Somnath 14, Chhota Udepur 13, Narmada and Surendranagar 10 each. The others had cases in single digits.

Of the 22 deaths on Sunday, 12 were from Surat, 2 each from Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar and Vadodara and one each from Devbhumi Dwarka, Gandhinagar, Patan and Rajkot


Maximum active cases of A’bad city in west zone

There were 2,979 active cases in Ahmedabad city till Sunday morning, with western Ahmedabad accounting for more cases. Maximum cases, 520, were in the west zone of AMC which covers areas like Navrangpura, Naranpura, Paldi, Vasna, Ranip, Chandkheda, Ambavadi and others.

It was followed by the north-west zone with 504 cases. This zone includes areas like Gota, Science City, Sola, Chandlodia, Thaltej, Bodakdev, Vastrapur, etc. South-west zone, which has areas like Satellite, Jodhpur, Prahladnagar, Sarkhej, Bopal-Ghuma and others, accounted for 452 cases. In the eastern part of the city, south zone with areas like Maninagar, Kankaria, Behrampura, Isanpur, Ghodasar, Khokhra, etc, had 437 cases. It was followed by east zone with 401cases. Areas like Bapunagar, Nikol, Ramol, Amraiwadi, Rakhial and others fall in this zone. North zone with Sardarnagar, Naroda, Kubernagar, Saraspur, Meghaninagar and other wards had 378 cases. The least number of cases, 287, were from the central zone which includes areas like Dariapur, Kalupur, Danilimda, Khadia, Jamalpur, Lal Darwaja, etc.

5of family test positive in Ahmedabad

Five members of a family living in Goldcoin Apartment in Khokhra, including three senior citizens, tested positive on Sunday. Two others tested negative. The five infected persons have been moved to the hospital while the other two are in home quarantine. During the day, the solid waste department of AMC distributed 3,750 masks to the poor staying at night shelters and on streets.

AMC yet to reopen Jamalpur market; farmers, traders barge in

With AMC refusing to reopen the closed Jamalpur market, farmers and traders barged into the marketplace on Sunday and began wholesale trading. The civic body had shifted them from Jamalpur market to Jetalpur market in April owing to rise in cases there. At that time, they had said they would bring them back to Jamalpur.

However, despite repeated requests, the market was not being opened. APMC traders’ association member Bharatsinh Ravat said, “We had repeatedly made representations to AMC, but they have not been opening the Jamalpur market. All other markets have been opened. So the farmers and traders on their own entered the marketplace and began selling their produce. Police had reached the spot. They talked politely to the farmers and convinced them a representation to the municipal commissioner after Rakshabandhan. The farmers agreed and left after partial sale.”

7more micro-containment areas in city

AMC on Sunday added seven more micro-containment areas to the existing list and removed nine from it. The city now has 256 micro-containment areas. Of the seven new ones, four are in the south-west zone, two in south and one in east zone.

Inauguaration of civic works soon

Meanwhile, amid the Covid pandemic, AMC will shortly inaugurate completed projects worth Rs 180 crore and also lay the foundation stone for projects worth Rs 590 crore.

Inputs: Brendan Dabhi

Areas in microcontainment in A’bad
BOPAL
♦ J 601-604, Iscon Platinum
JIVRAJPARK
♦ A/11-A/13, Desai Park
VEJALPUR
♦ 1st floor, L block, Anal Flats
♦ A 11-13, Shama society
KHOKHRA
♦ Goldcoin Maniyash society
BHAIPURA
♦ 30-37, Prenna Park
♦ CC1-CF2, Parul Tenement