Ahmedabad records 255 new Covid cases, active cases at 1,723

AHMEDABAD: The city on Sunday recorded 255 new Covid positive cases, almost on a par with Saturday's 253. Gujarat's tally of 546, however, was 18% down from 668 on Saturday. Active cases in Ahmedabad were 1,723 out of Gujarat's 4,129, or 42% of the state's total active cases.
On Sunday, two new micro-containment zones were declared - one each in Ghatlodia and New Ranip - in Ahmedabad.
The hospitalization, however, remained about 10-15% of the active cases, according to the city health department.
Other cases included 75 from Surat city, 37 from Vadodara city, 30 from Bhavnagar city, 17 from Gandhinagar city, and 14 each from Mehsana and Surat among others. Three out of 33 districts in Gujarat had zero active cases.
Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 704 persons for the first dose and 1,066 for the second. In all, 5.41 crore are administered first and 5.35 crore second dose of Covid vaccine. The state administered booster doses to 7,106 persons, taking total to 42.71 lakh.