Covid-19: Gujarat records 1,344 new positive patients, the highest so far, 16 deaths in 24 hours

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat recorded 1,344 new Covid-19 positive patients in 24 hours ending 5pm on Friday. It's the highest daily tally for the state, taking the total to 1.1 lakh. It's the third consecutive day and 10th overall day for the state to record 1,300-plus daily cases.
The new cases include 275 from Surat, 174 from Ahmedabad, 150 from Rajkot, 132 from Vadodara, and 116 from Jamnagar. The five districts accounted for 63% of the total cases in 24 hours. With the update, Vadodara district crossed 9,500 cumulative cases.
The state also recorded deaths of 16 positive patients, taking the total to 3,183. The deaths included five from Surat, three from Ahmedabad, two each from Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar, and one each from Banaskantha and Gandhinagar. With the update, the total deaths in Bhavnagar district reached 49.
A total of 1240 patients got discharged in Gujarat, taking the total to 91,470. The discharges include 242 from Surat, 150 from Vadodara, 127 from Ahmedabad, 114 from Jamnagar and 74 from Rajkot.
With the update, the number of active patients in Gujarat reached 16,318, which accounts for 14.7% of the total positive cases in the state. It’s for the first time that the active cases have dipped below 15% of the total cases. The share of deceased and discharged patients is now at 2.9% and 82.4% respectively.
Gujarat carried out 71,668 tests in 24 hours, taking the total to 31.45 lakh. The state health department claimed that the figure is 1102 tests per day per million population. As on Friday evening, Gujarat had 7.41 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which 460 were under facility quarantine, whereas others were under home quarantine.