On a whirlwind tour of three cities, PM Modi is on a visit to three Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers today: Zydus Cadila in Ahmedabad, where ZyCoV-D is being developed, the Serum Institute of India facility in Pune, where it will be manufactured. the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine and Bharat Biotech in Hyderabad, where Covaxin is manufactured.
A day earlier, Prime Minister Modi spoke with his British counterpart Boris Johnson and discussed joint efforts to find treatments and vaccines for the coronavirus. The prime minister’s effort to review vaccine development work comes amid the surge in virus cases in India recently. Although some states have reissued restrictions, the Supreme Court has asked the Center to take the initiative, since “mere guidelines will not be enough and strict enforcement is the need at the time.”
Yet despite nightly curfews in major cities and meeting restrictions in other parts of the state, Gujarat recorded its highest single-day peak of 1,607 coronavirus cases in 24 hours since Thursday. night. The increase in new cases has crossed the 1,600 mark for the first time in the state.
The number of cases, therefore, reached 2,05,116, a statement from the health department said on Friday. The death toll from coronavirus rose to 3,938 and 16 more infected patients died. Up to 1,388 COVID-19 patients have been discharged from hospitals since Thursday night. Of the 16 patients who died during the day, 11 were from Ahmedabad, four from Surat and one from Gandhinagar.
Ahmedabad district reported 353 new cases, followed by 299 in Surat, 167 in Vadodara, 139 in Rajkot, 66 in Gandhinagar, 51 in Banaskantha and 39 in Patan district. Gujarat’s recovery rate is now 90.90 percent.
While more than 69,000 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, the test count reached 76.20 lakh. Two new coronavirus cases emerged during the day in the adjoining Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu. Of the total of 3,306 cases registered in the UT so far, two have died, 3,273 have recovered and 31 cases are still active, according to a statement from the UT administration.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases 2,05,116, new cases 1,607, death toll 3,938, discharged 1,646,446, active cases 14,732, and people screened so far 76,20,892.
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