Over 900 Barodian households in red containment zone

Vadodara: As Covid-19 cases are continuously rising in Vadodara city and district, over 900 households in the city covering a population of over 5,000 residents are now in containment (red) zone.
At the same time, around 234 households with 1,119 population are in the buffer (orange) zone. By Sunday evening, Vadodara city and district added 1,242 fresh Covid-19 positive cases taking the total number of cases to 81,111 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The results were of 9,875 samples that were tested in 24 hours from Saturday evening. The official death toll on the other hand remained at 624.
On Sunday, as many as 302 patients were declared as discharged taking the total number of discharged patients to 74,085 since the beginning of the pandemic.
The number of active cases, on the other hand, touched 6,402. Of these 6,206 were in home isolation while 196 were being treated at hospitals.
Of the hospitalised patients, 10 are being treated with ventilator or BI-PAP support. While 24 patients are admitted in ICU, they do not require ventilator support. Similarly, 63 individuals are being treated with oxygen support while there are 99 patients which are being considered as mild cases with no requirement of oxygen support.
The number of quarantine individuals stood at 4,972 going by the health bulletin of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC).
VMC’s west zone continued to be worst affected with addition of 292 fresh Covid-19 cases taking the total number of cases to 14,397. VMC’s east zone added 288 cases taking the total to 11,506. With addition of 285 cases the total number of Covid-19 cases in north zone touched 13,822 whereas the south zone saw the total touching 13,743 with addition of 286 cases on Sunday.
The total number of cases in Vadodara rural stood at 27,607 with addition of 91 cases on Sunday. The fresh cases have been reported from Jetalpur, Bajwa, Warasiya, Diwalipura. Swad, Gotri, Chhanni, Yamuna Mill, Tandalja, Sama. Akota, Harni, Sudamapuri, Fatehpura, Ramdevnagar, Manjalpur, Bapod and Waghodiya areas of the city.