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Posted: May 8, 2020 2:57:48 AM
On Thursday, 275 of the 383 new cases were in Ahmedabad, representing 71 percent of all cases in the state. (Representative photo)
With 383 new cases, the number of confirmed new coronavirus infections in Gujarat has crossed the 7,000 mark on Thursday: More than 1,200 cases were added in the past three days. Twenty-nine deaths were also reported by the state, bringing the total to 425.
Gujarat has the second highest number of cases and deaths in the country, after Maharashtra. And just as Mumbai contributes most of the cases and deaths in Maharashtra, an overwhelming number in Gujarat has been reported from Ahmedabad.
On Thursday, 275 of the 383 new cases were in Ahmedabad, representing 71 percent of all cases in the state. Mumbai represents 63 percent of all cases in Maharashtra.
The new cases in Ahmedabad included five doctors on duty from Covid and the 26 employees of Cadilla Pharmaceuticals Ltd in Dholka that had to be closed. The city of Ahmedabad remains under total blockade until May 15, with paramilitary forces deployed in containment areas.
Among those who tested positive were two Jamnagar doctors who were on deputation at the Ahmedabad civil hospital. “A total of 18 resident physicians and six MP Shah Government Medical College faculty were screened for COVID-19 in Ahmedabad after completing their one-week delegation to the Ahmedabad civil hospital. Of these, samples from two physicians Asymptomatic residents, one male and one female, tested positive for COVID-19. Three more are equivocal and will be further evaluated, “said Dr. Nandini Desai, medical superintendent of GG General Hospital, which is attached to Jamnagar University.
On Thursday, the Isanpur area of Ahmedabad reported a large number of cases in which 15 tested positive in a single residential partnership.
The other positive cases in the state included two migrant workers in Surat, who were arrested by the police for their alleged involvement in the violence in the village of Vareli two days ago that left three policemen injured. The district registered 45 new cases, bringing the count to one less than 800, and four deaths that brought the number to 37.
In other districts of the state, Jamnagar reported four new cases, bringing the total to nine; Aravalli saw 25 new cases bringing the total to 77; and, Banaskantha recorded his second death in a total of 67 cases reported as of Thursday.
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