AHMEDABAD: Amid the concerns over Omicron variant of Covid-19, Tuesday witnessed a sharp rise in daily cases in both Gujarat and Ahmedabad city.
Gujarat recorded 61 and Ahmedabad 25 new cases with the city accounting for 41% of the total cases. It were the highest daily cases for the state and city in the past five months. The other new cases included 7 from Surat city, 6 from Bhavnagar city, 5 from Vadodara city, 4 from Valsad, 3 from Jamnagar city, 2 each from Kheda and Navsari, and 1 each from Ahmedabad, Anand, Gandhinagar, Junagadh, Kutch, Rajkot and Vadodara districts.
Municipal corporations accounted for 46 or 75% of daily cases. Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 3.82 lakh persons, taking the total to 8.35 crore. Out of 372 active patients – the highest since June 21 – nine were on ventilator.