Active Covid cases in Ahmedabad below 50 after 16 months

AHMEDABAD: With three new Covid-19 cases in 24 hours and discharge of 10 patients, the active patients in Ahmedabad district reached 43, going below 50 for the first time since March 2020. The district had 20,713 active cases on May 24. The cases got reduced to one-tenth in 45 days for the district.
The state recorded 14 new cases and discharge of 25 patients, reducing the active cases by 11. The number of active cases reached 171 on Monday.
The new cases on Monday include 4 from Vadodara city, 3 each from Ahmedabad city and Surat, and 1 each from Gandhinagar city, Rajkot city, Surat city, and Amreli.
On Monday, the state recorded vaccination of 5.01 lakh persons including 3.5 lakh first doses and 1.5 lakh second doses. The 18-45 years age group alone received 2.6 lakh first doses. The state government on Monday said that August alone accounted for 1 crore doses.
Five patients were on ventilator on Monday, whereas recovery rate remained at 98.7%.