39 cases recorded in a day in Dahod

Vadodara: Dahod town and district was left stunned with 39 new Covid-19 cases surfacing on Tuesday. The cases include 34 from the town itself.
Dahod has witnessed a steady trickle of cases since over a week now, but few had expected the spike that was seen on Tuesday. With the fresh cases, the total number of cases in the district increased to 294. Of these, 164 patients are still under treatment.The disease has claimed 20 lives in the district so far.
The new cases were detected from 193 samples that were tested since Monday. This implied a positivity rate of over 20 per cent in the district.
Traders have already restricted business hours to prevent the spread of the disease. The district administration has also joined hands with the effort.