Gujarat's active Covid tally crosses 1,200 mark; 1 death reported officially, hospitals confirm 4 more
The number of active Covid cases in Gujarat reached 1,227 on Tuesday, just a day after it crossed the 1,000 mark. Meanwhile, while the state health department has officially reported just one Covid death, at least four other patients with comorbidities have lost their lives during the latest surge in cases.
A total of 105 patients were discharged on Tuesday. Of the active cases, 23 patients have been admitted to various hospitals, while 1,204 are in home isolation.
While four women have recently died due to Covid in Ahmedabad, a man admitted to Rajkot Civil Hospital died on Tuesday, confirmed the hospital administration. The state government, however, has confirmed only one death in Ahmedabad after the fresh spate of cases.
The five deaths and co-morbidities
The 55-year-old man who died on Tuesday, had been suffering from hypertension since the last one year. There was a recent detection of diabetes. He had been admitted to Rajkot Civil Hospital after he complained of breathlessness along with fever. He was also a patient of acute leukemia (blood cancer). The patient, who was under treatment at a private hospital initially, was later transferred to AIIMS Rajkot after doctors conducted an HRCT scan. AIIMS Rajkot then referred him to Rajkot Civil Hospital, where he died on Tuesday. Notably, the man had taken all three doses of Covid vaccination.
Ahmedabad's LG Hospital has reported deaths of two Covid patients with comorbidities. One 47-year-old woman from Danilimda with hypertension was admitted on May 23. Her condition deteriorated rapidly, suffering septiscemia, leading to further complications and death on May 28. Another was an 18-year-old who had delivered a child just a week before being admitted to the hospital on May 30. She was said to have developed cardiomyopathy and died at the hospital on June 2.
Two other patients, who were admitted at GMERS Sola Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad, also lost their lives. A 20-year-old Covid patient, who was admitted on May 13, delivered a pre-term baby in the seventh month of her pregnancy on May 27, and was kept on BiPAP oxygen support. On May 30, while she tested negative for Covid, her three-day-old child tested positive. On June 3, the woman suddenly left the hospital with her child, taking Discharge Against Medical Advice (DAMA). She died at her residence later that day. This is the only Covid death to have been confirmed and reported by the state government during the recent spike in cases.
The second patient to have died at GMERS Sola Civil Hospital was a 16-year-old girl from Sabarkantha, who was admitted on June 4. Medical tests confirmed that she had tested positive for Covid-19 and Hepatitis B virus. She died during treatment on June 8.
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