Ahmedabad: Gujarat in 24 hours ends 5pm on Wednesday recording 42 new Covid-19 cases.
This is the highest daily calculation of cases for the country since July 11.
The last time the country had passed a 40-case sign on July 14, at the age of 41.
Experts said this surge could be caused by the Diwali festival, but added that someone had to maintain a vigil for the next few days to ascertain whether this sustainable trend.
In 2020, the country witnessed its first wave after Diwali celebration.
This time, vaccination coverage can reduce its impact, he added.
While everyday cases multiplied two from 20 to 42 in Gujarat, there were four times an increase from 4 to 16.
It represents a height of 129 days in everyday case for Ahmedabad.
The city accounts for 38%, more than a third of everyday cases.
Overall, city corporate areas contributed 28 cases or two thirds of the country’s case.
Apart from Ahmedabad, new cases included five of each of the city of Letters and Valsad, four of the city of Vadodara, each from Rajkot City, Junagadh and Morbi, and each of the city of Jamnagar, Anand, Kutch, and but.
With the disposal of 36 patients, state active cases increased six to 215.
Of these, eight patients were in the ventilator, said the Bulletin Department of State Health.
The state manages 4.09 lakh vaccine doses, taking the total number of doses given to 7.28 crores.