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AHMEDABAD: The upward trend in Covid cases in the state and major cities continued on Wednesday with a 5.7% increases in daily cases from 263 to 278. Over three days, the state has recorded a 12.5% increase from 247 on February 14 to 278 on February 17.
In terms of cities, Surat recorded a daily increase of 5%, Ahmedabad 7%, Vadodara 14% and Rajkot 31%. The share of the eight municipal corporations of Gujarat was 71% with 199 of the state’s 278 cases, the highest since February 14.
“The increase can be attributed to more movement due to various reasons including the ongoing election season. One must be careful about the SMS – social distancing, masks and sanitizing. As herd immunity or large-scale vaccination is still some time away, currently prevention is the only way,” said a city-based infectious diseases specialist.
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AHMEDABAD: The upward trend in Covid cases in the state and major cities continued on Wednesday with a 5.7% increases in daily cases from 263 to 278. Over three days, the state has recorded a 12.5% increase from 247 on February 14 to 278 on February 17.
In terms of cities, Surat recorded a daily increase of 5%, Ahmedabad 7%, Vadodara 14% and Rajkot 31%. The share of the eight municipal corporations of Gujarat was 71% with 199 of the state’s 278 cases, the highest since February 14.
“The increase can be attributed to more movement due to various reasons including the ongoing election season. One must be careful about the SMS – social distancing, masks and sanitizing. As herd immunity or large-scale vaccination is still some time away, currently prevention is the only way,” said a city-based infectious diseases specialist.
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AHMEDABAD: She owns Rs 15 lakh worth of gold, a flat in Naroda and drives a Rs 10 lakh SUV, but on Monday, the nomination of Krina Patel, the Congress candidate from the Singarva seat for the Ahmedabad district panchayat, was rejected as her house in Kanbha village does not have a toilet. During scrutiny of her form, her rivals in the BJP objected to the fact that she had “lied” in her affidavit that stated that she had a toilet at her home in Kanbha, from where she filed her nomination.
Krina, 47, had attached her voter ID card stating her address as 504, Patel Vas, Kanbha-II in Daskroi taluka. Komal Patel, the returning officer for Daskroi told TOI, “During scrutiny, a BJP member and their candidate objected saying Congress candidate Krina Patel did not have a toilet at her residence in Kambha.”
Sandip Joshi and Nilu Redia
AHMEDABAD: A man from Ahmedabad city and a woman from Indonesia were booked by the city crime branch on Saturday in connection with a case of illegal stay in India for which they forged documents like election card and Aadhaar card.
The accused were identified as Tini Sandip Joshi, whose real name is Nilu Suhatini Ketwat Redia, 40, and her husband, Sandip Joshi, 53, who were staying in posh locality of Jaaspur in city.
Police said that Joshi had first met Redia during his business tour in Chennai in 2013 at a spa.
“When Joshi took her service in the spa, he fell in love with her but as she had come on a tourist visa, she had to leave Chennai in 15 days then,” said a cop.