Ahmedabad: City on Saturday recorded 559 new Covid-19 cases – the highest one-day calculation in 224 days or more than seven months.
More importantly, the number of new cases reported in the city increased tenfold in just six days, from 52 on December 26.
For comparison, the state records a tenfold increase in eight days.
Analysis of cases of cases revealed that active cases almost doubled in two days, from 1,088 on December 30 to 1,903 in 1.
January.
The city accounts for 48% of the country’s active cases.
The city test level (TPR) rose from 3% on Friday to 5.6% on Saturday with 559 patients identified from 9,889 tests.
These three times more than state TPR of 1.7%.
Dr.
Bharat Gadhvi, President of Ahmedabad Hospitals and Association (AHNA), said the number of Covid patients in private hospitals doubled in one day, from 17 to 33.
“of these numbers, 21 patients in high absorbance, three units, six in the ICU and Three in the ventilator.
Profile of the patient burdened with senior citizens with comorbidity.
This does not mean that younger patients are safe.
It’s time for extra careful, “he said.
The reported case from another part of 156 from the city of Letter, 61 of the city of Vadodara, 41 of the city of Rajkot, each from Anand and Kheda, 22 of Kutch, 21 of Valsad and 20 of Rajkot City.
Gujarat in the last 24 hours vaccinated 1.52 lakh people, with a total number of doses given to 8.95 crores.