Active Covid cases now close to 1,000 in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: On Sunday evening, Gujarat had 2,467 active cases — the lowest since March 1 — out of which 1,074 are in Ahmedabad district, accounting for about 43% of the total active cases.
The city in 24 hours ending 5pm on Sunday recorded 19 new positive cases and death of one positive patient, whereas 25 got discharged, reducing seven active cases.
For the past fortnight, the city’s daily death toll has not exceeded two. With the daily state death toll hovering around three to four, the city accounts for 33% to 50% of the total daily deaths.
“The number of patients in private hospitals is below 10 now, whereas in government hospitals, the number doesn’t exceed 50. Thus, majority of the patients are getting treated at home based on the number of active cases. The biggest takeaway for the past one month is low mortality rate,” said a city-based critical care specialist.
Among other districts, Dang has zero active cases, whereas Chhota Udepur, Dahod, Morbi, Narmada, Panchmahal, Patan, Surendranagar, and Tapi have less than 10 active cases. Out of 33, 18 other districts have 10 to 50 active cases. Only Ahmedabad, Surat, Gandhinagar, and Gir-Somnath have more than 100 active cases.
On Sunday, only Ahmedabad and Surat had more than 10 daily cases, whereas 17 cities and districts had zero new cases.