This story is from January 21, 2022

Ahmedabad has more active Covid-19 cases than Mumbai

The exponential rise in Covid cases continued on Thursday as the state recorded 24,485 new cases, the third consecutive day of highest ever daily tally. With this, Gujarat crossed 10 lakh cumulative Covid cases, becoming 7th Indian state to cross the tally.
Ahmedabad has more active Covid-19 cases than Mumbai
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AHMEDABAD: The exponential rise in Covid cases continued on Thursday as the state recorded 24,485 new cases, the third consecutive day of highest ever daily tally.
With this, Gujarat crossed 10 lakh cumulative Covid cases, becoming 7th Indian state to cross the tally. Gujarat has one lakh active cases as of Thursday evening – crossing the one lakh-mark after May 16 or eight months.

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On Wednesday, Gujarat and Ahmedabad made a record during the ongoing pandemic having recorded more than 20,000 and 8,000 cases respectively for the first time. Ahmedabad also achieved another landmark – the district had 31,870 active cases, higher than Mumbai's 31,856. Ahmedabad district was ranked 9th across India as of the morning of January 20.
In terms of cases per 1,000 population, Ahmedabad had 44 active Covid patients, compared to 26 in Mumbai and 35 in Delhi. Surat had slightly higher share at 50 active cases per 1,000 population. India has 15 active Covid patients per 1,000 population. Among major cities, Bengaluru had 192, Kolkata 93 and Chennai 87 active cases.
"The rise should be seen in the perspective of the very viral spread of Omicron variant – out of overall cases we see in Ahmedabad, more than 80% have more than one family member infected. Thus, the number is much higher compared to the first and second waves. With the rise in testing, the number is expected to rise further," said Dr Bharat Gadhvi, president of Ahmedabad Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association (AHNA). "The next couple of weeks are going to be crucial in deciding the course of the pandemic, and we urge all to exercise all caution. The only silver lining is low hospitalization."
Gujarat in 24 hours recorded deaths of 13 active patients, third consecutive day of 10 or more deaths, the highest since June.
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Parth Shastri

Parth Shastri is senior correspondent at The Times of India, Ahmedabad. He reports on crime as well as issues related to traffic in the city, forensic investigation, archaeology and emergency medical services.

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