Daily Covid cases fall to 139 in Diamond City

SURAT: In a welcome sign, the decline in new Covid-19 cases continued in Surat. On Sunday 139 people tested positive for Covid while two deaths were reported. According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials, a 39-year-old man from Rander and a 69-year-old woman from Parle Point succumbed to the coronavirus on Sunday.

Though overall cases are declining, the Rander zone continues to report the highest daily new cases. On Sunday 39 new cases were reported from Rander zone followed by Athwa zone from where 32 cases were detected. City’s Limbayat civic zone with seven cases recorded the lowest daily cases in the city.
SMC officials said that 326 Covid-19 patients were discharged from different hospitals on Sunday as the city’s recovery stood at 96.69 %. As of Sunday, 16,050 people were under home quarantine and 699 Covid-19 patients were under treatment in various hospitals in the city.
Four new cases of mucormycosis were admitted into SMIMER hospital on Sunday. Total 51 MM patients are undergoing treatment at SMIMER. Till now, 11 patients of mucormycosis have died at SMIMER hospital.