Gujarat’s case tally past 7 lakh, last 1 lakh in 8 days

AHMEDABAD: In the 24 hours ending 5pm on Tuesday, Gujarat added 10,990 new Covid cases, taking the state’s total number of Covid cases to 7.03 lakh.
The pace of additing new cases decreased slightly, compared to the seven days it took the state to go from 5 lakh to 6 lakh, the last 1 lakh cases were added in eight days. Since April 1, Gujarat has added 3.96 lakh cases, which accounts for 56% of the total cases so far.
Active cases at 1.31 lakh were at the lowest point in 13 days, while the number of discharged patients is steadily increasing against new cases. On Tuesday, the state recorded yet another high in discharges, at 15,198. The state’s recovery rate has thus again reached 80%.
The state recorded the deaths of 118 Covid patients, taking the total to 8,629. As of Tuesday evening, Gujarat had 798 patients on ventilator, the state health department release said.
Ahmedabad registered the highest number of new cases, 3,127, and deaths, 18, in Gujarat. Vadodara recorded the second highest number of cases at 1,057, closely followed by Surat at 1,055. Among other districts, Rajkot recorded 553 cases, Junagadh 473, Mehsana 418 and Bhavnagar 364, the department said. Surat recorded 13 deaths, Rajkot and Jamnagar 11 each and Vadodara 10, among others, it said.