Separate central teams visited Ahmedabad and Surat cities in Gujarat on Saturday to take stock of the COVID-19 situation in these two districts,officials said.
Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra on Friday raised concerns on the coronavirus outbreak in the state saying that COVID-19 positive cases are doubling every 4 days in the city.
The idea to develop a homegrown multiplexer was conceived after observing the trends and analysing the empirical data of COVID-19 patients for ventilatory support in the intensive care units (ICU) across Europe and US-based hospitals.
Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in a conversation with India TV on how the state is dealing to fight coronavirus said that they are doing aggressive COVID-19 testings, identifying people and treating them.
The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 1,604 on Sunday after 228 more people tested positive for the infection, according to state official data, Of the total new cases, 140 were reported from Ahmedabad, taking the district's tally to 1,002, state principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi said. Five more coronavirus patients, including three women, died in Gujarat, taking the toll in the state to 58, a health official said on Sunday.
Niomi Shah, first COVID-19 positive case of Ahmedabad was discharged from the hospital yesterday after completely recovering from coronavirus.
Defying norms of social distancing, women in Ahmedabad gathered at a market to buy fruits and vegetables on Wednesday amid rising cases of the coronavirus. The scenes were witnessed today during relaxation hours of the curfew imposed in the city.
The seven-day-long curfew to check the spread of coronavirus infection in the walled city and Danilimda areas of Ahmedabad in Gujarat kicked in at 6 am on Wednesday, officials said. The curfew will continue till 6 am on April 21.
In view of the rising number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad, the city civic body has made it compulsory for people to wear masks from Monday, failing which they would be fined Rs 5,000 or sentenced to three years in jail, an official said.
Gujarat coronavirus cases in the country are nearing 500-mark as confirmed patients are now at 493 while 23 people have died in the state. In Gujarat, a total of 19 districts have been affected by the novel coronavirus positive cases.
Fifty-five new cases of coronavirus have been found in Gujarat taking the total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in the state to 241. Out of 55 new cases, 50 have been reported from Ahmedabad.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation also started surveillance at the nine gates bordering the old city, as well as at four other entry-exit points to the walled city. The walled city of Ahmedabad as buffer zone for COVID-19 containment.
Of the total 179 cases, 83 have been reported from Ahmedabad, she said. So far, 16 patients have died in the state and 25 discharged after recovery, the official said.
Coronavirus cases in Gujarat have jumped to 82 after 8 new cases were reported from Ahmedabad, which has emerged as the hotspot for COVID-19 cases in the state. Thus far, Ahmedabad has reported 31 coronavirus cases.
A premier institute in Gujarat's Ahmedabad has gone a step ahead in its fight against COVID-19 by bringing in place a 'sanitizer tunnel'.
Gujarat has reported one more coronavirus death after one more person succumbed to it in Bhavnagar, taking the state death toll due to COVID-19 at 6, a health official informed on Monday.
Gujarat has reported three more coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total number of COVID-19 patients in the state to 58, an official said. All the three new cases were reported from Ahmedabad, principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi said.
Gujarat has reported one more COVID-19 death after a 45-year-old man died in Ahmedabad taking the total number of coronavirus deaths in the state to 5 while confirmed cases stood at 44. As per reports, the person was also suffering from diabetes.
Civil hospital in Ahmedabad has set up a 'flu corner' to take care of patients coming for check-up. Here, those with common flu are being treated while those showing distinct symptoms of coronavirus are being sent for special care. India TV's Nirnay Kapoor tell you more.
An 85-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with coronavirus died in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, the Gujarat health department said.
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