Rajkot sees no respite from Covid-19; RMC chief tests positive

With over 2,100 active cases, Rajkot has 3rd highest number of Covid cases in Gujarat; RMC chief tests positive, too

The rate at which coronavirus cases is rising in Rajkot is alarming. With 2,180 total active cases as of Monday night, Rajkot has the third highest number of coronavirus cases in the State.

The number of daily cases in the city, which is also Chief Minister Vijay Rupani's hometown, has been hovering above 90 for the past three weeks. "Such is the situation in Rajkot that private hospitals are running out of Covid beds for patients," said businessman Brijesh Shah.

As per RMC Opposition leader Vashram Sagathiya, Rajkot death figures given by the State differs from that given by the Corporation. "This figure again does not match figures we get from crematoriums. On Monday, there were 39 deaths in Rajkot. But, State said there were only three," he said.

Meanwhile, Rajkot Collector Remya Mohan tested positive on Tuesday. She is under home quarantine.

As per IMA President Jay Dhirwani, at least 110 doctors have tested positive in Rajkot city. Another 37 doctors in Rajkot Rural have tested positive so far, said CDHO Mitesh Bhanderi.



Gujarat reports 1,349 cases

The coronavirus count in Gujarat rose to 1,16,345 on Tuesday with the addition of 1,349 new cases. With 17 more fatalities in the last 24 hours, the death toll increased to 3,247, the department said. Of total 17 fatalities, five took place in Surat, four occurred in Ahmedabad, three in Jamnagar, two in Vadodara, while one person died each in Gandhinagar, Mehsana and Rajkot.

At 277, Surat reported highest number of new cases in the state in a day.

Ahmedabad (172), Rajkot (141), Vadodara (129), and Jamnagar (123) are the four districts that reported more than 100 cases in the day in the state.

Elsewhere, Mehsana reported 49 new cases, Patan 45, Gandhinagar 43, Bhavnagar 38, Junagadh 35, Amreli 30, Panchmahal 29, Morbi 28, and Banaskantha 24. Kutch and Mahisagar added 19 patients each, followed by Surendranagar at 18, Dahod 17, Bharuch 16, Gir Somnath 14, and Botad 12, while Kheda and Sabarkantha added 10 cases each.

Covid +ve newborn undergoes surgery

ACovid positive newborn with tracheo-oesophageal fistula was successfully operated upon by paediatric surgeons at Ahmedabad Civil. The 20-day-old baby girl was born in a private hospital on August 27. She was shifted to Civil after the abnormality was detected. What complicated the case was that the neonate was detected Covid positive S he was operated upon by Dr Jaishree Ramji, associate professor at Dept of Paediatric Surgery . Today, the baby is Covid-free and feeding properly.

Guj HC puts off physical hearing

The physical hearing of cases at HC scheduled to start from September 16 has been postponed. The decision was taken by the HC Standing Committee. “The judges presiding over the Benches of physical functioning will revert to virtual hearing as per appropriate orders,” an official communication stated. After a gap of 6 months, the HC had decided to start physical hearing of cases from September 16. It had also issued guidelines to lawyers, clerks, litigants and staff for entry to HC.