SURAT: On Saturday, 3,012 patients who have recovered from Covid-19 were discharged, while the city registered 1,876 fresh cases. The rate of recovery is almost 38 per cent higher than the fresh infections. However, the number of persons hospitalized is yet to come down significantly, which the health officials have stated to be ‘stabilizing of the situation’. They hope that the number of patients hospitalized will come down gradually.
The number of total patients admitted in hospitals stand at 371 in the city. Of these, 80 are being treated in New Civil Hospital (NCH) and 51 in Surat Municipal Institute of Medical Education and Research (SMIMER).
“We have to be careful for a few more days as the situation has just stabilized. Careless behaviour can change the scenario,” a health official told TOI. In four days the daily count has come down to 1,687 cases from the highest daily cases of 3,563 registered on January 18.
A 88-year-old resident of VIP Road in Athwa zone having co-morbidities like diabetes and high blood pressure succumbed to the infection on Saturday. The deceased had been admitted in a private hospital on January 18.
Meanwhile, after six inmates of boys’ hostel in Bhathena tested positive, the hostel was closed. Total 32 students from schools and colleges tested positive from 12 educational institutions. Specific classes from which the students tested positive were ordered to remain closed in these institutions. Total 846 persons who came in contact with the students were tested and their reports are awaited.
Six persons tested positive in Rangila Nagar in Limbayat, after which the society was declared a cluster zone. Eight persons tested positive in each Rushikesh Nagar of Varachha, Sangam Society and Vinayak Nagar of Udhna. All three societies were declared cluster zones after multiple positive cases.
