Gujarat daily tally reaches new high with 1,310 new Covid cases

AHMEDABAD: In 24 hours ending 5pm on Tuesday, Gujarat added 1,310 positive cases — the highest so far — taking the tally to 97,745. It was the first instance of 1,300-plus cases in a day, as Gujarat had recorded four consecutive days of 1,200-plus cases from August 28 to 31.
The new cases include 289 from Surat, 159 from Ahmedabad, 125 from Rajkot, 121 from Vadodara and 113 from Jamnagar. Of total daily cases, 62% of the cases were recorded from these five districts.

While Ahmedabad and Surat’s case tallies reached 31,763 and 20,872, Rajkot’s tally inches closer to 5,000-mark with 4,928 cases.
The state also recorded deaths of 14 positive patients, taking the death toll to 3,036. The deaths include six from Surat, four from Ahmedabad, two from Vadodara, and one each from Jamnagar and Gir-Somnath.
A total of 1,131 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 78,913. The discharges include 251 from Surat, 144 from Vadodara, 121 from Rajkot, 95 from Jamnagar, and 84 from Ahmedabad.
With the update, the number of active patients in Gujarat rose to 15,796, which is 16.2% of the total cases so far. Share of discharged and deceased patients in Gujarat is now at 80.7% and 3.1% respectively.