New Covid cases in Surat city down to nine

SURAT: Surat city recorded nine new Covid-19 cases even as one person succumbed to the infection on Monday.
A 63-year-old man from Althan village in Athwa zone succumbed to the virus taking the city’s death toll to 1,629.
According to SMC officials, Rander and Varachha (B) zones record two cases each and Central, Varachha (A), Katargam, Limbayat and Athwa zones recorded one case each on Monday.
SMC officials said that 23 Covid-19 patients were discharged from different hospitals, while 29 patients remained under treatment in the city. Surat district recorded two Covid-19 cases on Monday.
On Monday, 18,604 doses of vaccine were administered at 172 vaccination centres across the city which included vaccines like Covishied, Covexin and Sputnik, an official of Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) said.