Gujarat records 1,068 Covid-19 cases, dip in Ahmedabad

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Friday added 1,068 Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to 53,631. The state also recorded deaths of 26 patients, taking the death toll to 2,238. As on Friday evening, Gujarat has 12,518 active cases, which are 23% of the total cases so far. 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.
Ahmedabad city recorded a single-day drop of 14% 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.
The state carried out 14,595 tests in 24 hours.
Gujarat records 81% increase in active cases in July
With the update on Friday evening, Gujarat has 12,518 active Covid-19 positive cases, which are 23.3% of the total cases recorded 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 new cases included 309 from Surat, 176 from Ahmedabad, 92 from Vadodara and 59 from Rajkot. Vadodara now has 3,994 cases 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, 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 now have cumulative death tolls of 1,568, and 335 and 65 respectively.
A total of 872 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total figure of discharged patients to 38,830. These discharges include 227 from Surat, 204 from Ahmedabad, 138 from Rajkot, and 48 from Vadodara.
The state health department on Friday claimed that they have ramped up Covid testing and currently 224 tests per million population are being conducted daily. The state carried out 14,595 Covid tests in 24 hours, taking the total test count to 6.06 lakh. Gujarat has 3.5 lakh persons in home quarantine as on Friday evening.