Positive cases peak along with testing

Vadodara: Covid-19 testing in the city reached nearly 2,300 samples since Sunday evening. The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) and the district administration had set a target of testing 2,000 samples last week.
The testing has gone up significantly due to rapid antigen tests being used by health officials. Of the 2,298 samples tested since Sunday evening, 118 Covid-19 cases were detected. While the number is the highest in a day so far, officials say it is not alarming as the positivity rate has remained low.
Even after testing was doubled, there has been no drastic rise in the number of cases.
Sources said that the number of bodies of Covid-19 patients being handed by hospitals has stabilised or reduced marginally. These bodies include suspected Covid-19 deaths where patients died before tests were conducted as well as deaths of infected persons with or without co-morbid conditions.
With the 118 new cases, the total number of Covid-19 cases went up to 7,221. The new cases included 85 from the city, 32 from areas of Vadodara district outside the city limits as well as one outsider. The VMC also declared one more person dead taking the death toll to 131.
As many as 55 persons were discharged from hospitals or home isolation taking the total number of persons discharged so far to 5,644. This leaves 1,446 persons under treatment including 60 on ventilators or BIPAP machines and 157 on oxygen support.