Gandhinagar: Keposititant level of city and district tests at RT-PCR has crossed 30% on Tuesday, providing state health officials as an indication that the covid peak with the omicron blitzkrieg variant will soon occur in Ahmedabad.
On Tuesday, 6,600 city and district laboratories report RT-PCR results as positive.
Every day, there are around 18,000 to 19,000 RT-PCR tests that occur in cities in various laboratories, state health officials said.
When compared with more denser cities such as Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai, the percentage of the AHMedabad test is almost the same.
Uttarayan Festival is the main reason for a sudden surge in case.
For example, in the last five days positive tests – namely January 13 to January 18, the test level of the test jumped from 20% to 30% on Tuesday.
“At this level the development of the test level of the test, Ahmedabad can reach up to 35% to 36% in the next five days and then remain stable and then remains a game of waiting and watching to observe the decline.
Over the past few days, many laboratories have not been regularly reported.
RT-PCR tests because of celebrations throughout the state, but it will be simplified, “the official said.
The only blessing, according to the official, is that the level of hospitalization is low.
“In the city of Ahmedabad, for example, 219 patients were hospitalized until Monday night, 10 patients were added on Tuesday night,” added the official.
The number of young people under 18 years in need of hospitalization has become one or two cases.
“People report symptoms to last for four to five maximum days and then fever and other indications subside,” added the official.
Unlike Delta variants, where someone observes the highlands of 300-400 cases a day for several days and then a spike of 500-600 cases a day for the next few days, Omicron maintains a steep curve, “adds state health officials.