AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in the 24 hours ending at 5pm on Sunday added 919
new Covid-19 cases, taking the total to 1.67 lakh. It was the lowest daily tally for the state in 101 days and below 1,000 daily tally after a gap of five days.
The new cases in Gujarat include 227 from Surat, 174 from Ahmedabad, 115 from Vadodara, and 97 from Rajkot. The four districts accounted for 67% of the daily tally. The cumulative cases in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot reached 41,540; 35,474; 15,140 and 12,259 respectively.
The state also recorded deaths of seven
Covid patients, taking the total to 3,689. The deaths included three from Ahmedabad, two from Surat, and one each from Vadodara and Patan. It was the ninth consecutive day and 14th day in October of less than 10 daily deaths due to
Covid-19 in Gujarat. The death toll in Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara reached 1,890; 835 and 209 respectively.
A total of 963 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 1.49 lakh. The discharged patients included 253 in Surat, 107 from Ahmedabad, 112 from Rajkot, and 92 from Vadodara. It was the lowest daily discharge for the state in 63 days.
With the update, the number of active patients dipped to 13,936. The share of active, discharged and deceased patients out of the total Covid-19 positive patients so far is 8.3%, 89.5% and 2.2% respectively.
Gujarat carried out 51,370 tests, taking the total to 57.42 lakh. It was the lowest daily testing in the past seven days.