Ahmedabad: The number of COVID-19 patients in Ahmedabad city of Gujarat may grow to eight lakh by the end of May if the current four-day period of doubling of such cases continues, an official said on Friday.
So far, Ahmedabad city has reported 1,638 coronavirus positive cases, the highest in Gujarat. Of these, 1,459 cases are active after the death of 75 patients and recovery of 105 others, Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra said in a video message. "At present, the rate of doubling of cases in Ahmedabad is four days, which means that cases double every four days.
If this rate continues, we will have 50,000 cases by May 15 and around 8 lakh by May 31," Nehra said. "Our target is to bring down this rate to eight days.
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