RAJKOT: District registered a sharp spike in Covid cases on Tuesday with 1,461 people testing positive.
According to health official, the figure of positive people rose by four times in just 24 hours and is the highest in the past six months.
Of these cases, as many as 1,336 are from within city limits alone. Total 581 people tested positive in Rajkot district on Monday, of whom 461 are from the city. Total 3,792 active cases currently in Rajkot city.
Dr Pankaj Rathod, deputy health officer of RMC said, “In the second wave, one or two members of a family were seen getting infected. But in this wave, the virus is highly infectious gripping the entire family. Huge number of people are opting for test after they either have a kin infected or have come in contact with a positive person. However, a big chunk of patients are asymptomatic and the severity of the virus is less. In Jamnagar district, 354 people tested positive, 501 in Bhavnagar and 175 in Kutch on Tuesday.
According to health official, the figure of positive people rose by four times in just 24 hours and is the highest in the past six months.
Of these cases, as many as 1,336 are from within city limits alone. Total 581 people tested positive in Rajkot district on Monday, of whom 461 are from the city. Total 3,792 active cases currently in Rajkot city.
Dr Pankaj Rathod, deputy health officer of RMC said, “In the second wave, one or two members of a family were seen getting infected. But in this wave, the virus is highly infectious gripping the entire family. Huge number of people are opting for test after they either have a kin infected or have come in contact with a positive person. However, a big chunk of patients are asymptomatic and the severity of the virus is less. In Jamnagar district, 354 people tested positive, 501 in Bhavnagar and 175 in Kutch on Tuesday.
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