Vadodara: Panchmahal reports zero Covid cases

VADODARA: In a first sign of weakening of Covid-19 virus, Panchmahal district reported no case on Sunday, for the first time since the first case was registered on March 31.
The first case was of a 78-year-old woman, who had later succumbed to the virus. Since the first case, the district reported at least one case daily and gradually as the testing was ramped up the number of cases kept increasing.So far, 3,943 cases have been reported of which 3,775 patients have been discharged.
“There used to be a minimum of couple of cases daily but on Sunday it is for the first time in 10 months that we had no positive case,” said Dr B K Patel, additional district health officer. While the district did not report any new case on Sunday, currently 28 patients are still under treatment.
Urban areas in the district reported maximum cases (2,884) while 1,059 cases were reported in rural areas.
On Sunday, the second phase of vaccination, too, began as the district collector Amit Arora, Panchmahal police range inspector general M S Bharada and superintendent of police Dr Leena Patil were vaccinated. During the second phase, 3,200 recipients from police and revenue departments and local bodies will be vaccinated from 32 vaccination centres of the district.