<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appreciated the management of Covid-19 in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and suggested to take up various measures being implemented in the city as a case study for rest of India and other countries, the state government said on Saturday.</p>.<p>WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has appreciated the Covid-19 management in Ahmedabad, it said.</p>.<p>The WHO has suggested to take up initiatives in Ahmedabad like 'Dhanvantari Rath', 104 fever helpline, Sanjivani Van; and active participation of private hospitals in control and treatment as a case study for other cities in India and abroad, it said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Gujarat has also steadily ramped up testing for Covid-19 diagnosis from 64,007 in April to 3,91,114 in July, which the government said is thrice the rate suggested by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).</p>.<p>The patient recovery rate in Gujarat has improved to 73.09 per cent, "which is much higher than other states", while the Covid-19 mortality rate has declined to 3.97 per cent, an official release said.</p>.<p>The government under Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has been working on the formula of "testing, tracking and treatment" ever since the first Covid-19 case was detected in Gujarat on March 19, 2020, it said.</p>.<p>The number of tests for coronavirus has increased steadily. At the rate of 410.83 tests per day per million tests as on July 31, the government has achieved a rate that is nearly thrice the rate of 140 suggested by the ICMR, it said.</p>.<p>Till July 31, Gujarat had tested a total 7,64,777 samples including 3,91,114 in July, which is the highest in a month since the outbreak of the virus on March 19, the release said.</p>.<p>A total of 64,007 samples were tested in April, 1,47,923 in May, and 1,61,733 in June, it said.</p>.<p>"The patient recovery rate in Gujarat is much higher than other states at 73.09 per cent while the death rate has dropped to 3.97 per cent," the release said.</p>.<p>The CM has suggested house-to-house health check-up be made available in cities through municipal authorities to detect infected patients, it said.</p>.<p>As of July 31, Ahmedabad district contributed 26,517 Covid-19 cases in the total count of over 61,000 in Gujarat, as per health department.</p>
<p>The World Health Organisation (WHO) has appreciated the management of Covid-19 in Gujarat's Ahmedabad and suggested to take up various measures being implemented in the city as a case study for rest of India and other countries, the state government said on Saturday.</p>.<p>WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan has appreciated the Covid-19 management in Ahmedabad, it said.</p>.<p>The WHO has suggested to take up initiatives in Ahmedabad like 'Dhanvantari Rath', 104 fever helpline, Sanjivani Van; and active participation of private hospitals in control and treatment as a case study for other cities in India and abroad, it said.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, Gujarat has also steadily ramped up testing for Covid-19 diagnosis from 64,007 in April to 3,91,114 in July, which the government said is thrice the rate suggested by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR).</p>.<p>The patient recovery rate in Gujarat has improved to 73.09 per cent, "which is much higher than other states", while the Covid-19 mortality rate has declined to 3.97 per cent, an official release said.</p>.<p>The government under Chief Minister Vijay Rupani has been working on the formula of "testing, tracking and treatment" ever since the first Covid-19 case was detected in Gujarat on March 19, 2020, it said.</p>.<p>The number of tests for coronavirus has increased steadily. At the rate of 410.83 tests per day per million tests as on July 31, the government has achieved a rate that is nearly thrice the rate of 140 suggested by the ICMR, it said.</p>.<p>Till July 31, Gujarat had tested a total 7,64,777 samples including 3,91,114 in July, which is the highest in a month since the outbreak of the virus on March 19, the release said.</p>.<p>A total of 64,007 samples were tested in April, 1,47,923 in May, and 1,61,733 in June, it said.</p>.<p>"The patient recovery rate in Gujarat is much higher than other states at 73.09 per cent while the death rate has dropped to 3.97 per cent," the release said.</p>.<p>The CM has suggested house-to-house health check-up be made available in cities through municipal authorities to detect infected patients, it said.</p>.<p>As of July 31, Ahmedabad district contributed 26,517 Covid-19 cases in the total count of over 61,000 in Gujarat, as per health department.</p>