Ahmedabad reduces Covid case numbers

AHMEDABAD: Among the four major districts of Gujarat having the highest number of Covid-19 positive cases — Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot — Surat recorded maximum reduction in deaths and Ahmedabad in cases in one week.
According to the analysis of weekly cases, Surat had recorded 100 deaths between July 20 and 26, which got reduced to 77 between July 27 and August 2, recording decline of 23%.In the same period, Ahmedabad recorded decline of 15% in cases from 1,317 to 1,126. Ahmedabad’s deaths remained the same at 28 whereas Surat’s cases went down slightly (4%) from 1,978 to 1,896.
Rajkot recorded maximum rise in both cases and deaths in percentage — 37% and 133% respectively — as the cases rose from 424 to 579 and deaths from three to seven. Vadodara added 663 cases in a week compared to 593 the previous week, recording rise of 12%, whereas the deaths rose from 14 to 16, recording rise of 14%.
Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5pm on Sunday recorded total tally of 63,675 cases and 2,487 deaths with addition of 1,101 cases and 22 deaths. A total of 805 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 46,587. The discharges include 207 from Surat, 110 from Vadodara 107 from Ahmedabad, and 39 from Dahod.