Covid-19: Gujarat adds 1,272 new cases, 14 deaths

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat reported 1,272 fresh coronavirus cases - the single-day highest tally so far - in the past 24 hours ending at 5pm on Friday, taking the total to 92,601. It’s for the third time that the state’s daily tally has crossed 1,200 cases.
With 168 new Covid-19 positive cases in 24 hours, Ahmedabad district crossed 31,000 cumulative cases at 31,098. The district currently accounts for 33.6% of the state’s total cases. The rate of addition of cases however has remained the same at six days for the past 1,000 cases.
The new cases include 270 from Surat, 132 from Vadodara and 112 from Rajkot 53.6%. Four major districts – Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot – accounted for 53.6% of these cases.
With the update, the cumulative tally for Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot reached 19,796, 7,817 and 4,451 respectively.
The state also recorded deaths of 14 Covid patients, taking the death toll to 2,978. The deaths include five from Ahmedabad, three from Surat, two each from Rajkot and Surat and one each from Amreli and Gir Somnath.
A total of 1,050 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 74,551. The discharged patients include 213 from Surat, 162 from Ahmedabad, 100 from Vadodara and 97 from Jamnagar.
With the update, the number of active patients in Gujarat crossed 15,000 for the first time at 15,072. The share of active cases in total cases is now at 16.3%, whereas discharged and deceased patients have shares of 80.5% and 3.2% respectively.
Gujarat carried out 75,800 tests in 24 hours - one of the highest - taking the total to 21.21 lakh. The state health department claimed that it's 1,166 tests per day per million population. As on Friday evening, Gujarat has 4.91 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which 514 are under facility quarantine, whereas others are under home quarantine.