SURAT: The number of positive Covid-19 cases has dropped to 708 on Thursday, almost five times less in just nine days compared to the highest number of cases recorded at 3,563. The number of persons hospitalised is also stablizing.
The cases dropped even as the average testing per day is being maintained at around 23,000. On Wednesday, a total of 834 positive cases were reported and health officials claim situation is improving fast on expected lines, but have also warned citizens to stay alert. Altogether 27 students of 12 different schools and colleges tested positive. Total 326 persons who came in their contact were tested .
Elsewhere in the district, 386 persons tested positive on Thursday. A 79-year-old woman from Jahangirabad area sucumbed to Covid-19 at a private hospital where she had been admitted to on January 15. She was suffering from diabetes and blood pressure too.
Meanwhile, health officials are aggressively conducting vaccination as 16,909 shots were given on Thursday. “Vaccination has helped control the severity of Covid in the third wave hence we are encouraging eligible people for booster dose as well. It has proved a life saver,” said a health official.
“It seems we are approaching an endemic stage now. The cases will go down in places where the numbers are still high in the next 10 days,” the official added.
