Gujarat records 1,068 cases, 26 deaths in 24 hrs; tally 53,631, toll 2,238

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5pm on Friday added 1,068 positive cases, taking the tally to 53,631. The state also recorded deaths of 26 positive patients, taking the death toll to 2,238. It was the fourth consecutive day for the state to record 1,000-plus positive cases in a day. In the past seven days, the state has added 7,115 positive cases at the average of 1,016 daily cases.
The new cases included 309 from Surat, 176 from Ahmedabad, 92 from Vadodara and 59 from Rajkot. Vadodara now inches closer to 4K total cases with 3,994 in the district. Ahmedabad city recorded a single-day drop in cases from 187 on Thursday to 161 on Friday as Surat city regained the top spot with 216 cases. On Thursday, Surat city had recorded 181 cases.
The deaths included 12 from Surat district, followed by three each in Ahmedabad, Kutch and Vadodara, followed by one each in Mehsana, Rajkot, Tapi, Gandhinagar and Jamnagar. With the update, Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara have a cumulative death toll of 1,568, 335 and 65 respectively.
A total of 872 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 38,830. The discharges include 227 from Surat, 204 from Ahmedabad, 138 from Rajkot, and 48 from Vadodara.
With the update, the state now has 12,518 active cases, which are 23.3% of the total cases so far. The share of deceased and discharged patients is 4.3% and 72.4% respectively. Analysis of the cases reveal that the state added 5,590 active cases in the past 24 days, recording a rise of 81% from 6,928 on June 30.
The state health department on Friday claimed that they have ramped up the testing and currently 224 tests per million population is being conducted daily. The state carried out 14,595 tests to find new Covid-19 positive cases in 24 hours, taking the total to 6.06 lakh. Gujarat has 3.5 lakh persons in home quarantine as on Friday evening.