AHMEDABAD: The city on Saturday recorded 3,990 new Covid cases— half of 8,194 cases registered a week ago.
However, it was one-third of the state’s daily tally of 11,794. Only Ahmedabad and Vadodara (1,816) had more than 1,000 daily Covid cases among the eight municipal corporations in Gujarat.
The eight cities accounted for 66% of the daily cases, the lowest in the past 35 days. The cities in the past fortnight accounted for over 75% of the daily cases. The figure indicates reduction in Covid cases in urban areas and also rise in the rest of the state, said experts.
On the other hand, Covid mortality continued to rise. The daily deaths doubled in one week from 15 on January 22 to 33 on January 29. It was the second consecutive day for the state to record deaths of 30 or more active patients in a day. The eight cities accounted for 58% of the deaths, again indicating rise of mortality in the rest of the state.
With discharge of 21,655 patients compared to 11,794 new cases, active cases got reduced by 9,894 – one of the highest in the past few days – and went below 1 lakh after eight days. Experts term it the start of end of the third wave with new cases and active cases sliding past the peak. “However, caution is required as it is possible that the cases will rise after several public events, including weddings, scheduled this weekend and the next. But it is likely that the cases may remain in this range for a few days before sliding below 5,000,” said a city-based epidemiologist.
Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 73,808 persons for the first dose and 73,044 for the second. In all, 5.11 crore are administered first and 4.51 crore second dose of Covid vaccine.
