AHMEDABAD:
Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Sunday added 1,091 cases, taking the total to 1.6 lakh. It was the lowest daily tally for the state in 55 days as the cases went below 1,100 after 54 days.
The new positive cases in Gujarat include 239 from Surat, 183 from Ahmedabad, 119 from Vadodara, 107 from Rajkot, and 84 from Jamnagar. The number of daily cases from Surat and Ahmedabad were exactly the same as Saturday.
Cumulative cases in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot reached 40,295, 33,843, 14,325 and 11,553 respectively.
The state also recorded deaths of nine patients, taking the death toll to 3,638. The deaths included five from Ahmedabad, two from Surat, and one each from Vadodara and Gandhinagar. It was the highest daily toll for the Ahmedabad district in 50 days. The death toll in Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara reached 1,873, 819 and 204 respectively.
A total of 1,233 patients got discharged in 24 hours in Gujarat, taking the total to 1.41 lakh. It was the lowest daily discharge for the state in 21 days. The discharges included 270 from Surat, 190 from Ahmedabad, 111 from Rajkot and 78 from Vadodara.
With the update, the number of active cases in Gujarat reached 14,436. It were the lowest active cases in 58 days – earlier the lowest for the state was 14,320 on August 21. As on Sunday evening, the share of active cases in Gujarat in total Covid-19 positive cases recorded so far was 9%, the lowest ever. The share of discharged and deceased patients was 88.7% and 2.3% respectively.
Gujarat in 24 hours carried out 52,141 tests, taking the total to 53.74 lakh. As on Sunday evening, Gujarat had 5.48 lakh persons under
quarantine.