1,096 new Covid cases, 20 deaths in 24 hours in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: In the 24 hours ending 5pm on Tuesday, 1,096 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Gujarat, taking the state’s total so far to 88,942. It was the second consecutive day that the state reported fewer than 1,100 new cases. These 1,096 cases included 250 in Surat, 157 in Ahmedabad, 122 in Vadodara, and 95 in Rajkot.
The total number of cases in Surat has now crossed 19,000 (19,015), Ahmedabad’s figure has reached 30,604, with Vadodara (7,438) and Rajkot (4,144) following behind. Jamnagar added 546 cases in a week, which represents 27% of its total cases so far, 2,044.
The state also reported 20 deaths of Covid-19 patients, taking the death toll so far to 2,930. These deaths include seven in Surat, four in Ahmedabad, two each in Amreli and Junagadh, and one each in Gir Somnath, Tapi, Bhavnagar, Rajkot, and Vadodara districts. The death toll in Ahmedabad has reached 1,692, whereas the figures for Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot are 603, 122 and 79, respectively.
A total of 1,011 patients were discharged in these 24 hours, taking the total number of patients who have recovered to 71,261. The discharges include 173 in Ahmedabad, 146 in Surat, 74 each in Panchmahal and Bharuch, and 59 in Vadodara.
The share of active patients of total cases in Gujarat so far is now 16.6%, with 14,751 cases, an all-time low.