by: Navjeevan Express

Gujarat: With 1,074 new COVID cases, tally reaches 68,885; 22 deaths, 1,370 patients recover

NE NEWS SERVICE

AHMEDABAD, AUG 7

The count of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 68,885 on Friday with 1,074 new patients being reported since previous evening, the state health department said.

Twenty-two COVID-19 patients died during this period, taking the death toll in the state due to the pandemic to 2,606, it said.

At the same time, the number of patients who were discharged from hospitals after recovery was more than fresh cases on Friday. 1,370 persons were discharged, taking the total of recovered patients to 51,692.

Since Thursday evening, 10 COVID-19 patients died in Surat district alone, followed by three in Ahmedabad, two each in Morbi and Vadodara, and one each in Amreli, Anand, Jamnagar, Rajkot, and Valsad.

So far 9,30,373 tests have been conducted in the state.

There are 14,587 active patients, including 86 who are on ventilators.

As part of an aggressive testing policy adopted by the state government for the last one month, over 26,500 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, which brought per million average to 409.09 tests, the health department release said.

With 1,074 new cases on Friday, Gujarat was in the 14th spot in the country in terms of daily increase. It was in the 13th spot on Thursday.

358 patients, the highest in the state, recovered in Surat district, followed by 201 in Dahod and 120 in Ahmedabad districts.

But Surat also recorded the highest spike with 231 new cases, followed by Ahmedabad at 153.

Ahmedabad’s tally of total cases has now reached 27,587 cases, the highest in the state.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 68,885, new cases 1,074, deaths 2,606, discharged 51,692, active cases 14,587 and people tested so far 9,30,373.

231 new coronavirus cases reported in Surat

Surat district recorded 231 new coronavirus cases since the previous evening, taking its case tally to 15,362 on Friday, the state health department said.

The district once again reported the highest one-day spike in cases in Gujarat.

The case tally of the district is the second biggest in the state after Ahmedabad (27,587 cases).

Out of 231 new cases, 183 cases were from Surat city while 48 cases were from rural parts of the district, the health department’s release said.

Five coronavirus patients each from the city and rural areas died since Thursday evening, taking the death toll to 668 in the district.

358 persons, highest in Gujarat on Friday, recovered and were given a discharge from hospitals during this period. So far 11,459 patients have recovered in the state, the release said.

153 new cases in Ahmedabad; three die, 120 recover

Ahmedabad reported 153 new coronavirus cases, which pushed its tally in the district to 27,587 on Friday, the state health department said.

Of these 153 new cases, 142 were from Ahmedabad city and 11 from other parts of the district, it said.

With the death of three COVID-19 patients in the last 24 hours, the fatality count in the district reached 1,625, the department said in a release.

As many as 120 patients recovered from the infection and were given a discharge in the last 24 hours, it said.