Covid-19: Ahmedabad’s daily cases below 15, fewest in 14 months

AHMEDABAD: The city in the 24 hours ending 5pm on Monday recorded 14 new cases of Covid-19, the lowest in the past 14 months. At 62, the number of daily cases was also one of the lowest ever during the pandemic for the state.
For Ahmedabad, cases have dropped to a third in the past 20 days. Ahmedabad was the only city with more than 10 new cases day, as Surat and Vadodara recorded nine and six cases respectively in the past 24 hours. The city, however, has recorded at least one death from Covid every day for the past fortnight, accounting for 33% to 50% of the state’s daily deaths. The city’s hospitals have less than a 100 cases in total, officials said.
The state’s active cases reached 2,333. Of the total,1012 were from Ahmedabad district alone, which accounts for 43% of the active cases. Ten of the 33 districts of Gujarat had less than 10 active cases, whereas only Ahmedabad, Surat and Gandhinagar had more than 100 active cases.