Covid cases peak again with 109 positive

Vadodara: With fresh peaks registered consistently, Covid-19 seems to be tightening its grip on the city and district. Since Friday evening, 109 persons tested positive taking the total number of cases up to 5,472.
The fresh cases were detected from 989 tests conducted in various laboratories in the city. Testing has also gained some momentum in wake of antigen tests being performed on suspected cases of Covid-19.
Meanwhile, the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) also confirmed three more persons afflicted with Covid-19 to have succumbed to the virus. With these, the total number of Covid deaths only went up to 109, while the figure excludes deaths due to co-morbidities.
The new cases reported in the VMC limits include 28 from west zone, 26 from north, 19 from south and seven from the east zone. The cases are from Karelibaug, Navapura, Waghodiya Road, Ajwa Road, Manjalpur, Makarpura, Chhani, Alkapuri, Gorwa, Sayajipura, Gotri, Vasna Road, Tandalja, Kapurai, Tarsali and Subhanpura.
Rural areas of the district outside VMC limits reported 28 new cases which include Dabhoi, Padra, Bhayli, Por, Ranoli, Varnama, Valan, Sherkhi, Sankarda and Karjan.
One person from Ahmedabad also tested positive in the city on Saturday.
With 67 more patients being discharged from hospitals or home isolation, the total number of discharged patients reached 4,187. At present 1,179 persons are in hospitals including 60 on ventilators and 164 on oxygen support.