Active Covid cases drop below 10% in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: With new cases staying lower than the number of discharged patients for the fourth day in a row in Gujarat, the share of active cases dropped below 15,000 after two months.

As of Wednesday evening, Gujarat had 14,959 or 9.6% active cases of 1,55,098 total Covid-19 patients. Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot accounted for 59.6% of the active cases.
The share of discharged and deceased patients in the state was 88% and 2.4% respectively.
Gujarat in 24 hours ending at 5pm on Wednesday added 1,175 new Covid cases. It was the fourth straight day of below 1,200 daily tally and the first day after seven days of constantly declining cases to record a slight upwards trend.
The new cases included 252 from Surat, 182 from Ahmedabad, 117 from Vadodara, 105 from Rajkot and 85 from Jamnagar. Cumulative cases in Ahmedabad reached 39,554, Surat 32,848, Vadodara 13,846 and Rajkot 11,118.
The state recorded deaths of 11 Covid patients – the highest in nine days – taking the total to 3,598. The deaths included four from Ahmedabad, three from Surat, and one each from Vadodara, Rajkot, Gandhinagar and Patan. With the update, the death toll in Vadodara district reached 200. The deaths in Ahmedabad reached 1,859, Surat 810 and Rajkot 152.
In all 1,414 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 1.36 lakh. The discharges included 267 from Surat, 200 from Ahmedabad, 157 from Vadodara, and 104 from Rajkot.