Surat: A group of eight doctors will go to Saurashtra on Sunday to help welfare organisations treat rising number of patients in Saurashtra and return.
An analysis of the figures reveals that testing has fallen in almost all districts. Of the four most populous districts, Ahmedabad topped with a TPR of 17.4%, followed by Vadodara (10.8%), Rajkot (5.5%), and Surat (5.3%) (Picture used for representational purpose only)
AHMEDABAD: Consider it a silver lining for the state the daily Covid cases have been dropping for three consecutive days. The tally dropped 12.2% in three days. But a close inspection reveals that the drop in cases could be attributed to the drop in testing, which also fell by 18.1% in three days.
Thus, while the daily cases are falling slightly, the state is witnessing a rise in the test positivity rate (TPR). Compared to the TPR of 9% last Monday meaning every 1,000 tests finding 90 positive cases on May 3, the TPR was 9.7%, finding 97 positive cases for every 1,000 tests.
Surat: South Gujarat Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SGCCI) organised blood donation and convalescent plasma donation camp on Sunday. “With the start of vaccination for 18-48 age group across the state people will not be able to donate blood once they get the jab. This may create shortage in blood banks. Hence, SGCCI has decided to organize blood and plasma donation camps every Sunday,” Dinesh Navadia, SGCCI, President, said.
According to Dinesh Navadia, president, SGCCI, 46 people came to the Varachha-based Lok Samarpan Raktadan Kendra, of whom 39 were found eligible for blood donation. Out of the 39 blood donations, six donated convalescent plasma for Covid-19 patients’ treatment. “Similarly, 31 donated blood and seven donated plasma at the Surat Raktadan Kendra,” Ashish Gujarati of SGCCI said.