Ahmedabad records lowest 235 daily case tally in 33 days

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Tuesday added 549 Covid cases, taking its tally to 28,429. Exactly three months since the state recorded its first Covid death on March 23, the state’s toll crossed 1,700 at 1,711 deaths with 26 more people succumbing to coronavirus.
Ahmedabad, which is the worst Corona-hit district in the state, recorded 235 cases, the lowest daily case tally in 33 days. On May 21, the district recorded 233 cases. In June, the daily tally dipped to less than 300 cases only four times so far while the highest 346 cases were recorded on June 8. Gujarat also recorded discharge of 604 patients, crossing the 20,000-mark at 20,521.

Gujarat is fourth in total cases and discharged patients in India after Maharashtra, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. It is at number three in Covid-19 deaths after Maharashtra and Delhi. Among the four states, Gujarat has the lowest active cases (6,197).
With the update on Friday, Gujarat now has 21.8% active cases whereas 72.2% of the patients are discharged and 6% of the patients have died.
Out of new cases, 230 were from Ahmedabad city, 152 from Surat city, 38 from Vadodara city, 23 from Surat district, 11 from Jamnagar city and 11 from Bharuch district. It was the lowest daily share of Ahmedabad district at 235 – 42.8% in Gujarat tally - in the month of June. In the first 23 days of June, the district has recorded 62% (7,206) of the 11,635 cases.
The deaths included 13 from Ahmedabad city, five from Surat city, two from Ahmedabad district and one from Gandhinagar city, Gandhinagar district, Surat district, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Amreli and Patan. Discharges were recorded from Ahmedabad city (381), Surat city (76), Ahmedabad district (40), Bharuch (19) and Vadodara city (15) among others. Gujarat carried out 4,983 tests in 24 hours, taking the total number to 3.34 lakh. As on Tuesday evening, Gujarat has 2.28 lakh persons under quarantine including 2.24 lakh under home quarantine.