The cases had started peaking from mid-March as Gujarat had recorded its first fourdigit daily tally on March 17 at 1,122. In April alone
AHMEDABAD: “April is the cruellest month”: thus opens ‘The Waste Land’ of T S Eliot in 1922. The line finds grim resonance with Gujarat of 2021 in April, the state recorded 2.6 lakh cases and 2,600 deaths, accounting for 46% cases and 37% mortalities recorded during the entire pandemic so far.
To put the figure in perspective, from March 2020 to April 2021, Gujarat has recorded 5.67 lakh cases and 7,183 deaths. From January 1to March 31, Gujarat had recorded 62,644 cases and 213 deaths, which is 24% and 8% of what April alone recorded. In fact, the entire year of 2020 had recorded 2.45 lakh cases from March to December and had recorded 4,306 deaths.
AHMEDABAD: On Thursday, Gujarat crossed the grave milestone of 5,000 mortalities during the ongoing pandemic. A day before, Ahmedabad had become the 10th district in India to have over 2,500 deaths. Analysis of the mortality trend in major cities revealed that Ahmedabad had case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.7% the highest among 11 districts of India having 2,500-plus deaths.
The district also got another distinction of being the only in India that bore half the burden of the state. Out of 5,000-odd deaths, Ahmedabad accounted for 50% of the mortality. To put the figure in perspective, Chennai reported one out of every three deaths of Tamil Nadu, and Mumbai one out of four.
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The district also got another distinction of being the only in India that bore half the burden of the state. Out of 5,000-odd deaths, Ahmedabad accounted for 50% of the mortality. To put the figure in perspective, Chennai reported one out of every three deaths of Tamil Nadu, and Mumbai one out of four.
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 17, 2021)On Thursday, Gujarat crossed the grave milestone of 5,000 mortalities during the ongoing pandemic. A day before, Ahmedabad had become the 10th district in India to have over 2,500 deaths. Analysis of the mortality trend in major cities revealed that Ahmedabad had case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.7% the highest among 11 districts of India having 2,500-plus deaths.
Updated Mar 03, 2021 | 13:15 IST
The Congress managed to clinch only 356 seats in the municipality elections and 157 in the panchayat polls. Gujarat Cong chief Amit Chavda, Opposition leader Paresh Dhanani resign accepting poll debacle | Photo Credit: Facebook
The Gujarat Congress chief Amit Chavda and the Leader of Opposition Party (LoP) Paresh Dhanani tendered resignations from their posts on Tuesday, following the party s debacle in the local body elections in Gujarat. The Congress leadership accepted their resignations. However, both will continue till the party finds their replacement.
On March 2, Congress poor performance repeated in the Tehsil, district and municipality elections in Gujarat, after the grand old party was reduced to a paltry 55 seats from the 176 in the local body elections.