Active Covid cases fall below 1,000 after 437 days in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: With 42 new Covid-19 cases and 262 discharges in 24 hours, the active Covid cases fell below 1,000 in the state for the first time after April 17 last year when the active cases were 972 in number.
The active cases in Ahmedabad district fell to 311, as the district accounted for one-third of the active cases of Gujarat.
It was one of the lowest daily case tally for Ahmedabad city in over a year at seven, whereas Surat recorded 11, Rajkot and Vadodara 3 cases each. Of the 33 districts and eight municipal corporations, 22 recorded zero cases, whereas 12 others recorded one case each. It was the second consecutive day of no deaths of active Covid patients in the state according to the state health department, as Surat district had recorded the only death in the past five days.
The daily vaccination dropped again at 2.32 lakh doses on Sunday compared to 3 lakh on Saturday. Saturday was the first day after three days when no vaccination was conducted in the state.