Vadodara: With 111 more testing positive for Covid-19 in the city and district, the total number of cases reported since the pandemic hit Vadodara crossed 17,802. Despite higher number of tests being conducted, the number of confirmed cases has gone down marginally.
From 3,930 tests conducted in the 24 hours till Saturday evening, 111 positive cases were detected in the city and district. This was against the 114 new cases being found in the same period ending on Friday evening when 3,911 tests were conducted.
The 111 new cases reported on Saturday include 41 from the areas of the district outside the city limits, while the remaining cases were reported from the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) limits. The VMC did not confirm any more deaths due to Covid-19 and the death toll remained at 221 in the city and district.
As many as 102 persons were discharged from hospitals or home isolation in the city after they recovered from Covid-19. This took the total number of discharged persons up to 16,400. The total number of active cases from the city and district put together now stands at 1,181 including 68 in a critical condition on ventilators or BIPAP machines. Also, 165 patients are breathing with the help of oxygen support.