Ahmedabad records 1 Covid case in 24 hours, a first after March 2020

AHMEDABAD: On April 25, about 139 days back, the city had recorded 5,790 new Covid positive cases in 24 hours – at the rate of four cases every minute.

Sunday became a landmark day as the city recorded only one new positive case, for the first time since March 2020, and one of the very few days of the feat. In both the waves of the pandemic, Ahmedabad city was one of the worst-hit with high cases and mortality.
To put the figure in perspective, the city alone accounted for 1.6 lakh out of 5 lakh Covid cases recorded in April and May 2021 – two of the worst months for the state in terms of positive cases and deaths – accounting for about one-third of the cases.
Since start of August, Gujarat has recorded 425 positive cases, out of which 104 were recorded in Ahmedabad city, accounting for 24% of cases.
The city has not recorded daily cases in double digit since July 11.
On Sunday, Gujarat also reached another milestone – the state has not crossed 100 daily positive cases in eight weeks or 56 days. On June 27, the state had 112 cases. On June 28, the cases recorded 14% dip at 96. Since July 10, the daily cases have not breached the mark of 50 daily cases, according to the state health department figures.
In the past two months, the state has recorded 2,104 cases and deaths of 28 patients, giving mortality rate of 1.3%.
Dr J P Modi, medical superintendent of Civil Hospital, said that the second wave had the hospital scurrying for resources and putting in more beds on urgent basis with 1200-bed hospital almost full. “But for the past one month, the figure of admitted patients hovers around 10-20. Triage area also looks after 1-2 cases only,” he said. “Sustained vaccination drives is one of the factors behind reduced cases and even reduced mortality.”
In private hospitals, the cases are zero for the past three days. Dr Bharat Gadhvi, president of Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (AHNA), said that the average number of patients have not exceeded 10 across 100-plus hospitals in August. “But it doesn’t mean that we let our guards down. During the festive season, please be very careful. We don’t want to hasten the third wave,” he said.