Gujarat recorded 1,040 cases and 14 deaths in the last 24 hours. The death rate is on the decline after months of recording anything between 20-30 deaths. The spike in cases began in Gujarat in mid-November last year as the Omicron variant made an entry into the country after being first detected in South Africa late last year.
Over the months, the daily cases — which was showing a high of over 50,000 cases in 24 hours — has now come down to 1000s per day. Given the decline in the Covid cases, the state government also gave relaxations in Covid curbs by bringing down the night curfew from 10 pm to 6 am to 12 am to 5 am. Home delivery for restaurants and hotels is now also open 24X7.
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With today’s update, Gujarat’s active tally stands at 12,667, of which 84 patients are on ventilator support.
Yet again, Ahmedabad logged most cases with 341 infections, closely followed by Vadodara 170, Banaskantha (71), Vadodara rural (64), and Surat (46).
On the fatalities front, Vadodara Corporation recorded most deaths with four Covid-positive patients succumbing to infection. Ahmedabad, Surat, Panchmahal, Bhavnagar, Morbi, Valsad, Mahisagar, Jamnagar had one death each. Bhavnagar rural recorded two deaths in the last 24 hours.
Scenario Across India
As many as 34,113 fresh COVID-19 cases were reported in the country, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today. With this, the country’s active caseload currently stands at 4,78,882 which accounts for 1.12 per cent of total cases, Union Health Ministry stated in its daily bulletin.
The daily positivity rate in India has been recorded at 3.19 per cent and the weekly positivity rate at 3.99 per cent.
A total of 91,930 patients have recovered in the last 24 hours and the cumulative tally of recovered patients since the beginning of the pandemic is now at 4,16,77,641. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 97.68 per cent.
