Coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad may grow to 800,000 by May end: Official

Nehra said that the US and Europe currently have four days of doubling rate and only South Korea has achieved the eight-day rate

Coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad 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.

Ahmedabad Municipal Commissioner Vijay Nehra said that if the same trend of rising cases continued in the district then by May 15 there will be 50,000 confirmed coronavirus cases while the figure will surge to 8 lakh by the end of month i.e. May 31.

With reported 1,638 coronavirus positive cases, Ahmedabad city holds the highest number of Covid-19 infection cases in Gujarat.

Of these, 1,459 cases are active