Covid-19: Gujarat’s death toll reaches 3,100, last 100 in a week

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Sunday added 1,335 positive cases, taking the total in the state to 1.04 lakh. It was the highest single-day tally for the state and sixth consecutive day of 1,300-plus cases.
The new cases include 295 from Surat - one of the daily highest tally in recent times, 173 from Ahmedabad, 151 from Rajkot, 127 from Vadodara, and 114 from Jamnagar. The five districts accounted for 860 or 64.4% of the daily cases. With the update, the cumulative cases in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot reached 32,609, 22,252, 8,937 and 5,664 respectively.
The state also recorded deaths of 14 positive patients, taking the total to 3,108, crossing 3,100 deaths. Analysis of the deaths reveal that the last 100 deaths had taken place in seven days, compared to the previous 100 deaths in six. The new deaths in Gujarat include five from Surat, three from Ahmedabad, and one each from Rajkot, Vadodara, Morbi, Kutch, Gir Somnath and Gandhinagar.
Death toll for Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot reached 1,734, 656, 140 and 102.
A total of 1,212 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 84,758. The discharges include 303 from Surat, 176 from Vadodara, 109 from Jamnagar, 94 from Rajkot, and 77 from Ahmedabad
With the update, the number of active cases rose to 16,475, which accounts for 15.8% of the total positive cases so far. The share of discharged and deceased patients is now at 81.2% and 3% respectively.
Gujarat carried out 72,561 tests in 24 hours, taking the total to 27.8 lakh. The state health department claimed that the number is 1116 tests per day per million population. As on Sunday evening, Gujarat had 7.35 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which 2,162 are in facility quarantine, whereas the rest are under home quarantine.