Five test positive in Vadodara on single day

Vadodara: Vadodara recorded its biggest jump of COVID-19 cases in a single day on Wednesday with as many as five individuals from Nagarwada and nearby areas testing positive for the deadly virus. With this, the number of infected persons in the city since the outbreak of coronavirus has touched 18.
Vadodara district collector Shalini Agrawal informed that all the five new cases, including three males and two females, surfaced after mass sampling was carried out in Nagarwada-Saiyedpura area of the old city, which has already been declared containment zone since Sunday.
It was on Sunday that a 54-year-old man from Nagarwada tested positive for the virus. After the man, his 27-year-old son and a 15-year-old boy staying in his neighbouring Saiyedpura area had also tested positive.
Late on Tuesday night, the 15-year-old boy’s 22-year-old brother tested positive. On Wednesday, the duo’s 60-year-old grandmother, 46-year-old father and 21-year-old sister-in-law tested positive.
Two others including a 20-year-old and a 57-year-old man, who tested positive, are the ones who had come in close contact with the 54-year-old resident who was the first from the area to test positive.
Sources said the 27-year-old youth, who has tested positive for the virus, is a qualified homeopath who used to go to a clinic in Tandalja area. The entire area around his clinic has been identified as containment zone and mass testing of people is being planned, said senior IAS officer Vinod Rao, special secretary appointed to handle Covid-19 situation in central Gujarat.
With the five new cases, the city has recorded total 18 cases so far. Of these, two patients have died, six have been discharged while 10 are under treatment at GMERS Medical College and Hospital at Gotri, which has been declared COVID-19 hospital for central Gujarat.