For Ahmedabad city, it was 29-day lowest daily tally at 2,764, whereas for Surat, it was 37-day lowest.
AHMEDABAD: After 26 days, Gujarat got a reason to heave a sigh of relief as 9,995 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the state on Friday. This is the lowest daily tally in 27 days. On April 17, the state had recorded 9,541 cases. Gujarat recorded104 deaths on Friday compared to 97 on April17.
While it may be too early to cheer, state officials said it was definitely a reason to get relieved as the figures suggest that the state may have tided over the peak of the second wave after all.
April 28, 2021
On Tuesday night, the Palace also announced that travelers from or with a travel history in India for the past 14 days will not be allowed to enter the Philippines.
The travel ban will last until May 14.
Experts said the new COVID-19 variant in India was “double mutant” and caused the spike in COVID-19 cases in India.
Last week, it marked a new milestone in the COVID-19 pandemic after it reported 314,835 new daily cases, the highest one-day tally worldwide.
“The situation is very critical,” Dr. Kirit Gadhvi, president of the Medical Association in the western city of Ahmedabad, told Reuters.
April 27, 2021
Philippine Ambassador to India Ramon Bagatsing Jr. said Tuesday that two Filipinos died of COVID-19 in the said country.
According to Bagatsing, the two Pinoys tested positive for COVID-19 on April 23 but died three days later as India battles a “tsunami” of COVID-19 cases, with over a million new COVID-19 cases recorded this week alone.
“It is really bad here. May dalawang nasawi [na Pilipino]. We learned they were positive in April 23 then April 26, wala na. It happened very fast. Traydor itong virus na ito. They call it double mutant strain,”” Bagatsing said during the Laging Handa briefing.
(Two Filipinos died, and they died within three days. It was very fast. The virus is a traitor.)
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