47-year-old Ahmedabad woman succumbs to Covid
Ahmedabad: As cases rise, a 47-year-old woman succumbed to Covid-19 at LG Hospital in the Maninagar area on Saturday. Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) officials confirmed the death and said that it was the first death this year in the city due to Covid.
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Dr Bhavin Solanki, AMC health officer, told TOI that the woman, a resident of Danilimda, was hospitalised for the past couple of days. "She had hypertension as a comorbidity. Further details are being gathered," he said.
The city has more than 100 active Covid cases, the majority of which are under isolation, said AMC officials. Covid positive patients admitted include an eight-month-old girl and a 44-year-old man, added officials.
In the 24 hours ending at 8am on Sunday, Gujarat added 55 new cases, taking the total active cases to 320. In the same period, 22 patients were also discharged. The new cases were the third highest behind 82 in West Bengal and 64 in Kerala, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) dashboard. According to the dashboard, the state had one death earlier this year. In all, 28 deaths have been recorded across India this year.
"Covid is endemic, and chances are high that those with prolonged flu-like symptoms may have contracted it, but not all patients need to carry out tests. In the current wave, the mortality and morbidity are very low. Those with existing health conditions, and children and senior citizens should not take it lightly," said a health expert in the city.
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