AHMEDABAD: On Wednesday, Gujarat recorded two-thirds of daily cases (233 out of 353) from eight municipal corporation areas — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Bhavnagar, and Gandhinagar. The only death was recorded in AMC area.
A sharp drop in cases has been registered in the state: 59% in a month from 850 on December 27 to 353 on January 27. The dip is pronounced in non-urban areas, reveals an analysis of the daily cases. Except four districts — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, and Rajkot — no other district had double-digit cases. Even in the cities, the cases have reduced significantly.
“There has been a sharp drop in cases in Surat over the past few days. Ahmedabad’s daily tally has also reduced from 172 on December 27 to 126 on January 11 to 73 on January 27,” said an epidemiologist. “The challenge will be to ensure there’s no surge in cases, especially in cities.”
The epidemiologist added that the recovery rate of 96.8% is encouraging, with only 3,976 active patients as of January 27. An analysis of active, discharged, and deceased patients of Covid-19 among major Indian states by the website Covid19India.org revealed that Gujarat had the fourth highest active cases as a percentage of total positive cases. Kerala led with 8%, followed by Maharashtra with 2.2%. For past few days, Gujarat has not released data of daily tests conducted.