NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, JUNE 28
Gujarat on Sunday reported the highest single-day rise of 624 coronavirus cases and 19 deaths, including 13 in Ahmedabad, state Health department said.
With this, the total number of cases in the state has gone up to 31,397 and fatalities to 1,809.
A total of 391 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of the recovered cases to 22,808, it said.
The number of active cases in the state now stands at 6,780 while the condition of 19 patients is critical, as per the Health department.
Apart from Ahmedabad (13), Surat has reported three fatalities while one death each was reported from Gandhinagar, Aravalli, and Bharuch, it said.
With 211 new cases, the count in Ahmedabad district has risen to 20,480, the highest in the state, and the death toll to 1,423.
With 182 new cases, the cumulative tally in Surat stands at 4,424, it said.
વડોદરામાં વધુ 44 દર્દીનો કોરોના રિપોર્ટ આવ્યો પોઝિટિવ
જાણો અમારા સંવાદદાતા પાસેથી સમગ્ર વિગત.. @CollectorVad @VMCVadodara @InfoVadodaraGoG @DRMBRCWR @Vadcitypolice #Vadodara #Corona #Covid19 pic.twitter.com/F6uOahIi5m
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) June 28, 2020
Vadodara has reported 44 new cases, taking its tally to 2,165.
Meanwhile, authorities in Surat have screened 17,105 workers in view of rising cases among diamond workers.
They were also given a preventive medicine, officials said.
સુરતમાં વધુ 63 કોરોનાના પોઝિટિવ કેસ નોંધાયા
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) June 28, 2020
Among other districts in the state, 36 more cases were reported from Valsad while 11 cases each were reported from Patan and Gandhinagar, as per the Health Department.
Rajkot, Kutch, Surendranagar, Junagadh, and Amreli districts each reported ten more cases while Mehsana and Bhavnagar have reported 8 cases each. Seven cases each were reported from Banaskantha and Bharuch and six from Kheda, it said.
મોરબી જિલ્લામાં કોરોના વાઇરસના વધુ 4 પોઝિટિવ કેસ નોંધાયા
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) June 28, 2020
A total of 3,63,306 samples have been tested for coronavirus so far in the state, it said.
AMC
House to House Survey and testing continues in all 37 micro-containment zones across city today.Your co-operation with survey team & Heath personnel will help AMC in #FightagainstCoronavirus. #AhmedabadFightsCorona #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/QdTBDCqb50
— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) June 28, 2020
Ahmedabad COVID-19 cases reach 20,480; death toll 1,423
The number of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad rose by 211 to 20,480 on Sunday while fatalities increased by 13 to 1,423, the state health department said.
With 181 more people being discharged in the day in Ahmedabad district, the number of the recovered cases has gone up to 15,660, it said.
AMC strategy of availing Pvt hospitals to fight Corona Over 50% of active patients are under treatment at designated pvt hospital, Entire cost of patient is borne by AMC. Shri Shrenik tells his story. @PMOIndia @CMOGuj @ibijalpatel @drrajivguptaias @Mukeshias @IndianExpress pic.twitter.com/0rIZJiCsnk
— Amdavad Municipal Corporation (@AmdavadAMC) June 28, 2020
Of the 211 new cases, 198 cases were reported in the city corporation limits and the rest 13 from other parts of the district.
All the 13 fatalities were reported within the limits of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), as per the COVID bulletin released by the health department.
Meanwhile, at 2,921, the number of active cases in the city now accounts for 15 percent of the total cases, the AMC said.
At 78% of the total COVID-19 cases, the percentage of the recovered cases in the city has improved further, it said.
At 1,374, the death toll accounts for 7.1 percent of the total cases, the civic body said.
As per the AMC, the number of active cases in the western part of Ahmedabad continues to rise.
With 643 cases, the west zone has 22 percent of the total cases. At 448 cases, the north-west zone accounts for 15.3 percent of the total cases, it stated.
