Three deaths in Surat city, 29 test positive

Surat: First death due to Covid-19 in Surat district’s rural area was reported from Jankhav village of Mangrol taluka on Wednesday when a 60-year-old woman died in the New Civil Hospital (NCH).
She had tested positive on April 28 and suffered from co-morbid conditions including asthma and blood pressure.
In Surat city, two more patients died at NCH, taking the death toll to 21.Also, the total number of positive case increased to 581 with 26 more found infected.
"Most of the positive cases were reported from slum areas. Our fever clinics are working hard in these areas and these will become permanent features in coming days as well,'' said municipal commissioner Banchhanidhi Pani.
SMC also will declare its red and orange zone on Thursday details of which will be available on its website.
Meanwhile, those who succumbed were identified as Rumkesh Nishad (22), a resident of Ved Road’s Pandol and Mohammed Masuddur Rehman (68) from Limbayat. Officials said that Nishad, who was admitted on April 25, was suffering from liver disease due to excessive consumption of alcohol.
Rehman who had tested positive on Tuesday evening was suffering from high blood pressure.
Among those who tested positive were two laboratory technicians at the general hospital - Kailash Deshmukh (49) and Sunil Chaudhary (40). Dr Nayan Bhatt (56), a resident of Adajan, also contracted the infection. Two security guards - Ganesh Kori (35) and Ramesh Yadav (24) at the Covid care centre in Puna also tested positive.
In Navsari, the number of positive cases climbed to seven after a doctor, a home guard and a pregnant woman tested positive in Chikhli. Doctor Dhansukh Patel, 50, is a general physician from Fadvel village. He is believed to have come in the contact with some person who has tested positive.
The home guard Devang Patel (22) is a resident of Nasil Faliya and the pregnant woman Rashmi Patel (23) lives in Hanuman Faliya.
The three cases were detected during the community testing drive undertaken by the Navsari health department after four positive cases were reported in the last one week.
Dr DH Bhavsar, chief district health officer (CDHO), Navsari said, “Our health teams have started the door-to-door survey in the villages where the positive cases have been reported. Till now, about 931 samples have been collected out of which 852 are negative and the results of the remaining are awaited.”