Covid-19: New cases in Ahmedabad fall below 1,000 after 42 days

AHMEDABAD: AMC officials have their fingers crossed, as after 42 days the number of Covid cases in the city has fallen to three digits. On Friday, the city reported 803 cases. This figure had last been below 1,000 (956 cases) on April 8.
The number of new cases in the city crossed 1,000 on April 9 (1,296 cases) and had doubled in the next four days. New cases grew by 36% and 26% (from previous days) on April 9 and 12, respectively.
A senior AMC official said the increase at the time was considerable, as it took just 14 days to cross 5,000-case mark from 1,296 on April 9. Once the peak of 5,790 was touched on April 25, it took 26 days for the number to go below 1,000.
Officials said AMC’s aggressive testing policy and surveillance through the 104 helpline and ‘Dhanvantri raths’ helped the city bring down cases in less than a month. However, as markets are being partially opened now, there are fears that the city may again see cases increase.
Officials said that there was a 25.6% drop in fresh cases on Friday compared to Thursday, going to 804 from 1,078. Officials said the city had a high of 450 micro-containment areas, while there are just 23 now. For the past week, there have been no new micro-containment areas notified in the city.
“That there have been no new additions of micro-containment areas shows that cases coming from the city are not concentrated from one society or block but are scattered as a result there aren’t any areas which need to be micro-contained. If there were three or more cases on one floor of an apartment building, the floor was micro contained. If there were more than eight cases in an apartment block, the entire block was micro-contained,” said a senior health officer.