AHMEDABAD: With 954
Covid-19 positive cases in 24 hours ending 5pm on Tuesday,
Gujarat's tally crossed 1.75 lakh cases. After two days of below 900 cases, Tuesday posted a 6% daily rise. It was the tenth consecutive day of below 1,000 daily cases.
The last 25,000 cases were recorded in 24 days at the average of 1,051 cases, compared to 19 days it took for the state to reach from 1.25 lakh cases to 1.5 lakh cases with an average 1,350 cases, reveal data analysis.
The new cases included 198 from Surat - below 200 in nearly four months - followed by 166 from Ahmedabad, 108 from Vadodara, and 64 from Rajkot. With the update, the total tally in Ahmedabad crossed 43,000.
The state also recorded deaths of six positive patients, taking the death toll to 3,734. The deaths included three from Surat, two from Ahmedabad, and one from Mehsana. With the update, the death toll in Ahmedabad and Surat reached 1,908 and 849 respectively.
A total of 1,197 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total to 1.59 lakh. The discharges included 276 from Surat and 168 from Ahmedabad.
With the update, the share of active cases got reduced to 7% at 12,451. The share of discharged and deceased patients is 90.8% and 2.2% respectively.
Gujarat carried out 52,739 tests in 24 hours, taking the total to 62.1 lakh. The state had 5.05 lakh persons under quarantine as on Tuesday evening.