Proportion of cases from rural areas dips

Vadodara: After throwing up around half the Covid-19 cases in the district since about a month, the rural areas of Vadodara district are showing signs of slowing down of the pandemic.
On Friday, 367 cases out of the 841 cases in the district were from areas outside the Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) limits. Against this, on Thursday, 437 out of 862 cases were reported from areas outside VMC limits. On Wednesday the numbers stood at 445 out of 871.
Officials said that the numbers had been going down in general across the state including central Gujarat. They added that this is also reflected in the hospitalization numbers.
Sources added that the number of cases in rural parts of Vadodara and neighbouring districts was being closely monitored as hospitalization of cases from these areas was often delayed. The delayed presentation of cases made many patients serious and they needed ICU beds or ventilators. This had led to a shortage of such beds in the city, particularly in private hospitals that have limited such facilities.
Most serious patients from nine districts surrounding Vadodara including bordering districts are brought to the city. It also caters to patients from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and other states.