Testing continues to gain momentum

Vadodara: Covid-19 testing continued to gain momentum with 2,781 persons being tested in the city and district since Tuesday evening. This led to the detection of 126 new cases taking the total number of cases detected so far to 9,171.
The Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) confirmed one more death due to Covid-19 being the primary cause. This took the total number of deaths to 155.
A retired policemen Chandrakant Patil died due to a brain haemorrhage after a fall while being treated for Covid-19. Patil, 60, who was personal assistant of P P Kanani, vigilance officer of MSU, passed away at the trust-run hospital where he was admitted since last Saturday.
His colleagues told TOI that Patil passed away after he slipped inside the washroom of the hospital which resulted in brain haemorrhage. “He had gone out of station. After he returned, he had very mild symptoms of Covid-19 and had tested positive. Although he was advised home quarantine, he decided to get hospitalised because of presence of grandchildren in his house,” said a member of the vigilance staff.
“He was doing well and recovery fast from Covid-19 but slipped inside the washroom and collapsed resulting in his demise,” he said. Patil, who had worked with both detection of crime branch and prevention of crime branch, had joined university’s vigilance team just a year back.
As many as 145 persons were discharged from home isolation and various hospitals in the city. With this the total number of discharged patients went up to 7,634 leaving 1,382 under treatment. Those under treatment include 52 on ventilators or oxygen support.