Gujarat adds 1,311 new Covid cases, 16 deaths reported in 24 hours

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours added 1,311 Covid cases, taking the total to 1.03 lakh. It was the state’s fifth consecutive day of 1,300-plus cases in a day.
The cases included 277 in Surat, 167 in Ahmedabad, 145 in Rajkot, 119 in Vadodara, and 111 in Jamnagar. The five districts accounted for 62.5% of the cases in 24 hours.
With the update, the cumulative cases in Vadodara and Rajkot crossed 8,800 and 5,500 respectively whereas the cases in Ahmedabad and Surat reached 32,436 and 21,957.
The state also recorded deaths of 16 positive patients, taking the death toll to 3,094. The deaths include six from Surat, three from Rajkot, two each from Ahmedabad and Vadodara, and one each from Gandhinagar and Mehsana. One of the patients was identified as a resident of another state.
Covid deaths in Rajkot crossed 100 as Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara now have 1,731, 651, and 139 respectively. With one death of a patient from outside Gujarat, the toll for the patients from outside the state is three.
A total of 1,148 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 83,546. The discharges include 388 from Surat, 169 from Vadodara, 107 from Jamnagar, and 78 from Ahmedabad.
With the update, the death rate of Gujarat reduced to 3%.
Till the beginning of June, the mortality rate was 6.25%. The share of discharged and active patients in the state is now 81.1% and 15.9% respectively. As on Saturday evening, Gujarat had 16,366 active patients.
In 24 hours, Gujarat carried out 72,751 tests, taking the total to 27.08 lakh. State health department officials said that the number is 1,119 tests per day per million people. As on Saturday evening, Gujarat has 5.69 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which 2,138 are in quarantine facilities, whereas the rest are under home quarantine.