Ahmedabad: On Thursday, Gujarat recorded 11,176 Covid cases, which was highest in the last 248 days.
The country crossed the 10K-Mark case after 245 and 11K cases after 246 days.
This is a 11% surge in everyday case.
After June 19 last year, the country for the first time noted the death of five active Covid patients.
While the country of MOS (home) Hard Sanghavi isolated him after showing a symptom of Covid infection on Thursday, Gujarat DGP Ashish Bhatia was tested positive on Wednesday.
“He has developed symptoms of cold and lightweight fever.
He has isolated himself at home.
TS Bisk, DGP, CID (Crime & Railways) is fee,” said a Gujarat police senior official.
In size contains the spread of the case, the Ambaji Temple – one of Shaktipeths in Gujarat – has announced the closure for worshipers from January 15 to 22.
The source said that many worshipers were at the temple on the second day of Utepary.
In addition, January 17 is Purnima where around 1.5-2 Lakh people visit the temple.
The state government has also announced holidays for employees on January 15, the second day of Utepary.
Rushikesh Patel, Minister of Health, told the media on Thursday that Gujarat had crossed the vaccination of five crore people for the first dose.
Gujarat now has 98% of people with at least the first dose managed and 94.5% of the population is fully vaccinated.
“The state has around 9.5% positive test level (TPR).
We have 138 testing laboratories at times that can process up to 2 lakh samples every day.
In the coming day, we will prepare 40 new laboratories at the sub-district level” said Minister.
Patel said that the state had 59 PSA factories enabled and 2800 oxygen concentrators in various hospitals.
“The country is prepared for any possibility.
We can accommodate up to 97,000 patients with oxygen requirements.
We can also make facilities with Drdo in a short time,” he added.
The active case of Gujarat reached 50,612 – highest after May 27 or the second month of the second wave.