Letter: In the city of Surat, 209 positive cases Covid-19 was reported during the last 24 hours on a Sunday night.
Surat District has reported 14 new cases.
However, in what happens as good news for the authorities, no new cases of variant Omicron reported over the last 24 hours.
Famous here is that the figure Sunday to touch levels of 2021 when the city scored on a double century in new cases in 228 cases in one day.
Among the 209 new cases, two are young women who have a history of international travel.
According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), a 26-year-old girl who lives in Limbayat and study in Canada tested positive.
In another case, a 17-year-old girl from Katargam area falling under the north zone tested positive after returning from Dubai where he went on vacation.
New cases also includes 19 schoolchildren from Mahavir School, SD Jain (Vesu), Abbey Lourdes, JH Ambani (02), LP Savani (VESU) and (PAL), MATRubhoomi School (Dindoli), DPS, Pandesara Primary School, LPD School (Puna), Gurukul Vidyalaya, GD Goenka (O2), Riverdale School (02), School Gajera, Small Flowers (Kopadra), Gurukrupa Vidyalaya.
Four people from the same family in an apartment Bela Casa at Athwa Zone tested positive and the community has been declared as a zone cluster.
Meanwhile, the vaccination drive Covid 19 for children will begin on Monday and SMC hopes to discuss 1.92.000 children between the age group 15 to 18 years.
The facilities have been created in 120 schools and 10 other places where around 1,000 staff and a nodal officer of the school will work for the vaccination program until January 7, Monday 45,000 students from 115 different schools will receive the first dose covaxin.
Civic body has asked the children to take the first dose of vaccine at their own school.
In the middle of a low-profile celebration of the new year, a fresh 156 covid-19 positive cases were reported from the city on Saturday as well.
In Surat district, eight positive cases was found on Saturday, while the city also has four new positive cases of variant Omicron, with no cases have a travel or contact history.