Daily Covid cases double in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: The city reported a 21-day high with nine new Covid-19 cases registered on Saturday. The number more than doubled from four on Friday, with two cases on Thursday. In all, the state recorded 24 new cases, which was slightly lower than the 25 reported on Friday.
The new cases in the state include nine from Ahmedabad city, five from Valsad, four from Surat city, two each from Navsari and Surat district, and one each from Junagadh and Kheda. Cities accounted for 54% of new cases and the southern districts also accounted for 52% of the cases.
With the discharge of 21 patients, the number of active cases in the state rose by three to 168. Now, there are 46 active cases in Valsad, 32 in Ahmedabad, 24 in Surat, and 17 in Navsari. The districts of South Gujarat account for 52% of the cases, whereas Ahmedabad accounts for 19%. The number of patients on ventilators increased to five.
Vaccination trends remained the same with 72,028 first doses and 2.28 lakh second doses administered in the past 24 hours.