5 lakh beat Covid in Gujarat; 75% recovery rate

AHMEDABAD: With discharge of 13,085 Covid-19 patients on Friday, the state became 11th in India to have 5 lakh or more discharged/ recovered Covid patients with a discharge count of 5.03 lakh. Analysis of the figures reveal that out of the total, 1.29 lakh have recovered in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by 1.08 lakh in Surat, 47,000 in Vadodara and 42,000 in Rajkot.
“Of every four patients so far, three have recovered at about 75% recovery rate. The recovery rate was over 85% till mid-February. It has improved significantly in the past few days, with recoveries higher than new cases,” said a senior health department official.