Covid-19: Gujarat adds 915 cases, 14 deaths in 24 hours; tally at 43,723, toll at 2,071

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Tuesday added 915 cases and 14 deaths. The state’s total Covid-19 positive tally is at 43,723 and death toll at 2,071. It was the state’s yet another daily highest case tally, which was 13th high in 14 days and second consecutive day of 900-plus cases.
The cases included 291 from Surat, 167 from Ahmedabad, 76 from Vadodara and 45 from Bhavnagar. The deaths included five from Surat, three each from Ahmedabad and Vadodara and one each from Banaskantha, Bhavnagar and Gandhinagar.
With the update, the state now has 25.4% active patients (11,097) whereas the share of discharged and deceased patients is 70% and 4.6% respectively.
Analysis of the first two weeks of July reveal that compared to July 1 to 7, July 8 to 14 recorded 22% more cases – 6087 cases at an average 870 daily cases compared to 4993 cases at an average of 713 cases. However, deaths decreased from 131 to 92, a drop of 29.8%.
Two major Covid-19 hotspots – Ahmedabad and Surat – showed starkly different trends in two weeks. Ahmedabad recorded a drop of 13.7% in cases – 1164 this week compared to 1349 last week – whereas drop in deaths was 47.3% - from 55 last week to 29 in the past seven days. In comparison, Surat recorded a rise of 19.6% in cases – from 1629 to 1948 – and recorded the same deaths (33).
A total of 749 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 30,555. The discharges include 247 from Surat, 180 from Ahmedabad and 62 from Vadodara.
Gujarat carried out 8,102 tests to find new Covid-19 positive patients, taking the total to 4.78 lakh. As on Tuesday evening, Gujarat has 3.39 lakh persons under quarantine, including 3.36 lakh under home quarantine.