Articles tagged under: Omicron

AMC announces 21 more Micro Containment Zones in a day in Ahmedabad City

January 04, 2022
AMC announces 21 more Micro Containment Zones in a day in Ahmedabad City

Ahmedabad: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has announced 21 more micro containment zones in the city in attempt to prevent covid-19 infection spread further. The city had already 65 covid linked micro containment zones in place. With addition of 21 more micro containment zones, the city has now 86 micro containment zones. AMC had announced same number of 21 new micro containment zones a day ago also. The city has recorded over 1200 fresh covid cases in a day in latest as per the State health...Read More

Gujarat records 2,265 fresh covid cases in a day; Ahmedabad 1,290

January 04, 2022
Gujarat records 2,265 fresh covid cases in a day; Ahmedabad 1,290

Gandhinagar: As expected, Gujarat has witnessed a major jump in daily count of fresh covid cases in the State. As many as 2,265 fresh cases have been recorded in a day in the State in latest against recovery of 240 covid patients and deaths of two. The State has now as many as 7,881 active covid cases, of whom only 18 are on ventilator support. Among cities, Ahmedabad recorded as high as 1,290 fresh cases in a day, Surat 415, Vadodara 86,, Rajkot 36, Gandhinagar 23, Bhavnagar 18, Jamnagar 1...Read More

1259 fresh cases of covid in a day in Gujarat; Ahmedabad 631

January 03, 2022
1259 fresh cases of covid in a day in Gujarat; Ahmedabad 631

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has reported 1,259 fresh cases of covid-19 in a day against 151 recoveries and 3 deaths. There are 5,858 active covid cases in latest. Among fresh cases recorded in cities; Ahmedabad 631, Surat 213, Vadodara 68, Rajkot 37, Gandhinagar 18, Bhavnagar 17, Jamnagar 8. Among fresh cases recorded in districts; Valsad 40, Anand 29, Kheda 24, Rajkot 24, Bharuch and Navsari 16 each, Ahmedabad 13, Mahesana and Morbi 12 each, Kutch 11, Gandhinagar 10, Jamnagar 9, Vadodara 7, Mah...Read More

Health minister opens ten special rooms in 1200-bed Asarwa hospital

January 03, 2022

Gandhinagar: State health minister Rushikesh Patel inaugurated 10 special rooms with oxygen beds in the 1200-bed civil Medi-city hospital in Ahmedabad city today. The set-up of the room is arranged in a way that the facility of the ventilators can be made available within a few minutes when required. The rooms can also be converted to ICUs when required. The facility of the special rooms is arranged at a reasonable cost for the patients needing special treatment amidst emergency circumsta...Read More

Gujarat reports 1069 fresh cases of Covid-19 in a day

January 01, 2022
Gujarat reports 1069 fresh cases of Covid-19 in a day

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has recorded 1069 covid cases in a day against recovery of 103 covid patients and one death. The State has now as many as 3,927 active covid patients on record. Among new cases reported in cities, Ahmedabad 559, Surat 156, Vadoara 61, Rajkot 41, Gandhinagar 17, Jamnagar 5, Bhavnagar and Junagadh 4 each. Over 1.52 lakh doses of covid vaccines were administered in a day, taking the statewide total so far above 8.95 crore. Among total, 23 covid cases were Omicron variant. ...Read More

Gujarat records 573 active covid cases in a day

December 30, 2021
Gujarat records 573 active covid cases in a day

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has recorded 573 fresh cases of covid-19 in a day against recovery of 102 covid patients and 2 deaths. The State has now 2,371 active covid cases, among whom 11 are on ventilator support. Fresh cases recorded in the cities today: Ahmedabad 269, Surat 74, Vadodara 41, Gandhinagar 16, Bhavnagar and Rajkot 10 each, Jamnagar 7, Junagadh 1. Among district, Ahmedabad, Mahisagar, Vadodara each reported 9 fresh cases, Bharuch, Kheda Navsari 8 each, Amreli and Mahesana 5 eac...Read More

Covid pandemic: CM to hold review meeting with AMC officials, Health minister to hold briefing

December 30, 2021
Covid pandemic: CM to hold review meeting with AMC officials, Health minister to hold briefing

Gandhinagar: Amid sharp rise of covid cases in the State, the Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel is likely to hold a review meeting at Riverfront House in presence of the officials of Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) and higher officials of the State government. Preparedness at hospitals and micro containment zones are among the topics to be discussed in this meeting. In another development, the State health minister Rushikesh Patel is going to brief the media on the presence situation of covid p...Read More

AMC files four police complaint against foreign returnees for breach of home isolation

December 29, 2021
AMC files four police complaint against foreign returnees for breach of home isolation

Sabarmati: Amdavad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has filed 4 more police complaints since December 21st for breach of guidelines pertaining to home isolation against the persons arriving in the city from ‘countries at risk’. A man who had arrived from the USA and stayed in Maninagar area. He had tested positive for covid-19 after the RTPCR test on 23rd December. Police complaint was filed against him for breach of home isolation guidelines. Another complaint is filed against a female w...Read More

Upcoming 3 months period serious for the city: SMC on Covid cases

December 29, 2021
Upcoming 3 months period serious for the city: SMC on Covid cases

Surat: Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) in a statement stated that a very serious situation is likely to arise if the omicron variant of coronavirus is taken lightly. The requirement of oxygen is 8 metric ton in SMIMER hospital, Civil hospital and other private hospitals in the city at present, which was around 220 metric ton during the second wave of coronavirus, SMC stated. SMC stated that there is an increase in the positive cases of covid-19 every day in the city and the upcoming 3 ...Read More

Daily count of fresh covid cases cross 200 mark, active cases now beyond 1,000 in Gujarat

December 27, 2021
Daily count of fresh covid cases cross 200 mark, active cases now beyond 1,000 in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has recorded 204 fresh cases of coronavirus infection in 24 hours period ending 5 pm today against 65 recoveries and nil death. The number of active cases has gone up beyond thousand to 1,086 in the State. Fresh cases recorded in 24 hours among cities: Ahmedabad 98, Rajkot 33, Surat 22, Vadodara 16, Gandhinagar 4, Bhavnagar Jamnagar and Junagadh 1 each. Among districts: Kheda 4, Mahisagar and Rajkot 3 each, Ahmedabad, Anand, Bharuch, Kutch 2 each, Banakantha, Dahod, ...Read More