Covid-19: Gujarat records 1,092 positive cases, 18 deaths in 24 hrs

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in last 24 hours recorded 1,092 new cases, taking the total number of cases in the state to 75,482. After two days, the daily cases went below 1,100 as the state recorded 11 cases every 15 minutes in 24 hours ending 5 pm. The cases include 251 from Surat, 166 from Ahmedabad, 109 from Vadodara and 95 from Rajkot.
With the update, the cumulative cases in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot are 28,602, 16,135, 6,060 and 2,979 respectively. Dangs is the only district now in Gujarat having less than 100 cases - as the tally of Devbhoomi Dwarka on Thursday reached 102 with six new cases.
The state also recorded deaths of 18 positive patients, taking the state death toll to 2,733. Out of 18 deaths, 14 from municipal corporation areas. The deaths include five from Surat, four from Ahmedabad, three from Rajkot, one each from Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Gir Somnath, Jamnagar, Kutch and Vadodara.
Deaths for Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot are now 1,648, 529, 107 and 63 respectively. Out of 33 districts, 16 have less than 10 deaths. Only Narmada and Dangs have no deaths of Covid-19 positive patients.
A total of 1,046 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 58,439. The discharges include 238 from Surat, 235 from Ahmedabad, 148 from Vadodara and 74 from Bhavnagar.
With the update, the active patients in Gujarat are now at 14,310, which consists of 19% of the total patients. The share of discharged and deceased patients is now at 77.4% and 3.6% respectively.
Gujarat in 24 hours carried out 50,817 tests to find new cases, taking the total to 11.59 lakh. The state health department claims that now the per day per million testing has reached 782.
Analysis of the tests reveal that in the past 24 hours the state’s test positivity rate (new cases per 100 tests conducted) was 2% with 1,092 cases from 50,817 tests. The rate was 16% on July 13 – a month ago – when the state had recorded 902 cases out of 5,619 tests.
As on Thursday evening, Gujarat has 4.88 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which 4.87 lakh are under home quarantine