<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has decided to gradually de-notify the private hospitals as designated Covid-19 hospital following significant drop in new cases. After decrease in new cases and number of deaths, the ratio of positive cases also came down from earlier 35 per cent to just 2.5 per cent.<br />''<br />''According to AMC, only 40 percent beds are occupied at present out of the total bed reserved in 75 private hospitals of the city. AIR correspondent reports that the state has recorded 1101 new cases of Covid-19 during the last 24 hours.<br />''<br />''More than 17 lakh 56 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date. 60808 tests were carried out yesterday. Out of 1101 new cases, the maximum 162 new cases reported from Surat. Ahmedabad city recorded 153 cases, while Vadodara city recorded 87 cases during the last 24 hours. Total cases of Covid19 in the state have gone up to 86779.<br />''<br />''At present 14653 active cases in the state, out of which 79 patients are on ventilator. At the other end, 972 patients have been discharged from various hospitals after recovery.<br />''<br />''With this, the total patients recovered from Covid-19 have gone up to 69229. 14 patients have lost their lives yesterday, taking the total death due to Covid19 in the state up to 2897.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | August 24, 2020 8:12 AM
Gujarat: AMC to gradually denotify pvt hospitals as designated Covid-19 hospitals after drop in new cases