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Ahmedabad: Only 37 of 248 new cases found by active surveillance

Ahmedabad: The city had had reported 248 fresh cases on Wednesday evening, but of these only 37 were reported through active surveillance. This showed a trend reversal to the reporting of cases on Tuesday where 75% cases were reported through active surveillance.

In the North-West zone, three cases — one from Shahjananad Tower, Gurukul, one from Akansha apartment in Ghatlodia and one from Chotubhai Housing Society in Gota were reported.

In the South West zone including Jodhpur, Vejalpur, Sarkhej and Makarba four cases were reported. One was from Kamleshnagar in Ramdevnagar area in Jodhpur, two were from Vejalpur and one case was from Maktampura.

In the West zone including Naranpura, Navrangpura, Ranip, Nava Vadaj, Vasna and Paldi area there were nine fresh cases — four from Sardar Patel Stadium ward, three from Nava Vadaj and one each from Chandkheda and Ranip wards.

Of the 248 fresh cases, six patients were between 15-20 years, while another 24 patients were in the age group of 21-30 years.

The highest number of cases, 57, was in the age group of 41-50 years, while another 56 patients tested positive in the age group of 51-60 year. The data reveals that 41 patients were Covid-19 positive in the age group of 61-70 years and anther 17 patients were above 70 years.

The western part of the city now has 1,085 active cases with 659 cases in Stadium, Navrangpura, Naranpura, Paldi and Vasna areas.

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