Ahmedabad: Dhruv Patel, a resident of Sola, went to Thaltej Urban Health Center on Wednesday after developing a lightweight fever and sore throat.
“I got an antigen test and RT-PCR done.
While my mouse is negative, officials say that when I have symptoms, I also have to go for RT-PCR.
On Friday afternoon, I still get a report,” he said.
As Ahmedabad recorded the second day in a row from 8,500-plus Daily Covid cases, Lab Path – both government and private – was shaken under pressure to process 20,000 odd samples every day.
With increasing the overall numbers, it may take around 12 hours for private laboratories to provide results and 24 to 48 hours for samples collected by government institutions including Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and district health officials.
Gujarat in 24 hours recorded 21,225 new Covid cases, the first decline after three days of continuous increase in the case.
In terms of dropping, it was 13% compared to 24,485 on Thursday.
On the other hand, Gujarat recorded death in 16 patients, up from 13 on Thursday.
The state government announces extension at night at a total of 27 cities and cities until January 29.