Fewer than 200 new cases of Covid-19 in Ahmedabad after 81 days

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in the 24 hours ending 5pm on Thursday added 1,207 new Covid cases, the lowest number in 78 days or over two-and-a half months. For Ahmedabad city, 191 cases was the lowest one-day tally in 81 days. The city’s mortality rate in the past 24 hours was 2% with 4 deaths.
The number of active cases in the state also fell below 25,000 for the first time since April 9, or after 54 days. The state’s recovery rate climbed to 95.7% with over two-and-a-half times more discharges than new cases.
Only Ahmedabad and Vadodara cities and Vadodara district recorded more than 100 cases in the day, while 28 of 33 districts and eight municipal corporations did not record any deaths in these 24 hours.