AHMEDABAD: On Tuesday, Gujarat reported 35 new Covid-19 cases, of which 18 or half were in Ahmedabad alone.
This was the second consecutive day when the city accounted for half of the state’s cases. In three days, the number of new cases reported in the city reported has increased steadily from 10 to 18, nearly doubling, while its share in the state’s cases rose from 27% to 51%.
With two cases registered in Ahmedabad district – the first in over a month – active cases in Ahmedabad district reached 100 for the first time in the past four months. The last time the district touched the figure was in the beginning of July. To put the figure into perspective, the state has 253 active cases. It means that of every 10 Covid-19 active cases in Gujarat, four are in Ahmedabad. Three active patients are on ventilators.
On the positive side, on Tuesday the state administered the second vaccine dose to 4.5 lakh persons, with the number of persons fully vaccinated in the state crossing 3 crore. Of the 4.93 crore eligible population of the state, 60% is fully vaccinated, whereas 91% have got at least one vaccine dose. On Tuesday, the state vaccinated 5 lakh persons.
Apart from 18 cases in Ahmedabad, there were four each in Vadodara and Rajkot cities, three in Surat city, two each in Ahmedabad and Valsad districts, and one each in Kutch and Navsari districts.
Dr Bharat Gadhvi, president of tge Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (AHNA), said that the city’s private hospitals currently have only one patient admitted. Moreover, at Civil Hospital, there’s just one active patient and one patient with suspected symptoms. “It means that the majority of active patients are being treated at home and don’t need hospitalization. We are keeping a close eye on the trend,” said Dr Gadhvi.
