Lowest daily Covid tally in 39 days in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in the 24 hours ending at 5pm on Thursday added 1,278 new Covid cases, taking the total to 1.48 lakh. It was the lowest daily tally in 39 days for the state and went below the 1,300-plus mark after 30 days. The state had recorded its highest tally on September 25 at 1,442.
The new cases include 270 from Surat, 195 from Ahmedabad, 124 from Vadodara, 105 from Rajkot, and 89 from Jamnagar. With the update, the total tally of Vadodara went past 13,000 at 13,107. The case tally for Ahmedabad reached 38,466, Surat 31,317 and Rajkot 10,413.
The state also recorded deaths of 10 Covid patients, taking the death toll to 3,541. The latest reported deaths include three from Ahmedabad, two from Surat, and one each from Amreli, Banaskantha, Gir Somnath, Patan and Tapi. With the update, the deaths in Ahmedabad and Surat reached 1,838 and 792, respectively. A total of 1,266 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 1.27 lakh. The discharges included 306 from Surat, 242 from Ahmedabad, 108 from Rajkot and 105 from Jamnagar.
With the update, the number of active patients in Gujarat reached 16,487. The share of active, discharged and deceased patients in Gujarat, out of total Covid-19 patients so far, was 11.1%, 86.5% and 2.4% respectively.
Gujarat in 24 hours carried out 52,465 tests, taking the total to 48.58 lakh. Analysis of the tests reveals that against the average of 69,540 daily tests in September, the number of average daily tests in October dipped by 21% in first eight days at 55,059.
As on Thursday evening, Gujarat had 5.99 lakh persons under quarantine - out of the total, 407 are under facility quarantine, whereas the rest are under home quarantine.