Ahmedabad witnesses 45 typhoid cases in one week
Updated: Jan 6th, 2025
Ahmedabad is witnessing a sudden spike in Water borne diseases. At Civil Hospital in Sola, 45 cases of typhoid were reported in just one week. According to reports, there were 17 cases of typhoid in October, 11 in November, and 45 cases in the last week of December, bringing the total to 51 cases of typhoid in December alone. This marks a worrying increase in typhoid cases.
Additionally, there were 47 cases of acute diarrhoea and 31 cases of viral hepatitis reported in December. Between December 23 and 29, a total of 10,080 patients were registered in the OPD, out of which 1,080 patients were admitted. The total number of OPD registrations at Sola’s Civil Hospital in December stood at 43,331.
In December, the hospital also recorded 6 cases of dengue, 25 cases of malaria, 4 cases of chikungunya, and 5,326 cases of viral infections.
Gujarat reported 7,820 dengue cases in 2024. However, the number of positive cases has decreased compared to 2023. While the seropositivity rate (the presence of antibodies in blood) was 4.7% in 2023, it dropped to 3.5% in 2024, indicating that the situation was under control.
Waterborne and vector-borne diseases tend to increase during the monsoon and winter seasons. In Gujarat, 2.21 lakh serum samples were tested in 2024, of which, 7,820 cases tested positive for dengue. In contrast, in 2023, 1.49 lakh serum samples were tested, with 7,222 cases of dengue found.
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