Covid-19: Ahmedabad records dip in weekly cases

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5pm on Sunday added 1,272 positive cases, taking the total to 95,155. It was the state’s third consecutive day of recording 1,200-plus daily cases. Over the past three days, the state has added 3,826 new cases.
The fresh cases include 257 from Surat, 169 from Ahmedabad, 128 from Vadodara, 119 from Rajkot, and 106 from Jamnagar. Vadodara’s total cases crossed 8,000, reaching 8,069. The cumulative cases for Ahmedabad and Surat are 31,431 and 20,326 respectively.
The state also recorded 17 deaths, taking the toll to 3,008. Gujarat became the eighth state in India to cross the 3,000-deaths mark. The deaths included five from Surat, four from Ahmedabad, two from Vadodara and Bhavnagar, and one each from Amreli, Banaskantha, Jamnagar, and Sabarkantha.
Weekly analysis of Covid-19 cases and deaths reveals that among the four major districts, Ahmedabad was the only one to record a decrease in cases. Surat was the only one to show a decline in deaths. Compared to 1,193 cases from August 16 to 23, Ahmedabad recorded 1,149 cases, clocking a decrease of 4%. In the same period, deaths in Surat decreased from 40 to 31, registering a decline of 22%.
In all, 1,095 patients were discharged in the 24-hour period, taking the total to 76,757. The discharges include 164 from Ahmedabad, 150 from Vadodara, 142 from Surat, and 98 from Jamnagar.
With the update, the number of active patients rose to 15,390, which is 16.2% of the cumulative cases. The shares of discharged and deceased patients are 80.7% and 3.1% respectively. As on Sunday evening, Gujarat had 84 patients on ventilators.
In 24 hours, the state carried out 69,488 tests, taking the total to 22.65 lakh. The state health department said that the testing rate is 1,069 per day per million population. As on Sunday evening, Gujarat had 4.99 lakh persons under quarantine, of whom 471 were in facility quarantine and the rest under home quarantine.