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AHMEDABAD, DEC 3
Gujarat recorded 1,540 fresh cases of coronavirus and 13 deaths in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Thursday evening.
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The caseload in the state, thus, rose to 2,14,309 while the death toll reached 4,031.
Also, 1,427 patients were discharged during the day.
Of the 13 patients who died during the day, nine succumbed in Ahmedabad city, two in Surat district, and one each in Vadodara and Rajkot cities.
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Despite a night curfew and curbs on gathering during the day-time, 336 new COVID-19 cases were found in the Ahmedabad district on Thursday.
It was followed by 246 new cases in Surat, 184 in Vadodara, 141 in Rajkot, 72 in Gandhinagar, 69 in Mehsana, and 42 in Patan district.
Gujarat’s recovery rate now stands at 91.16 percent, said the health department release.
Over 69,000 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours.
In good news, no new case of coronavirus emerged during the day in the adjoining Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
Of 3,311 persons found positive for coronavirus in the territory till now, two have died, 3,295 have recovered and just 14 are undergoing treatment, said a release by the UT administration.
Gujarat”s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 2,14,309, new cases 1,540, death toll 4,031, discharged 1,95,365, active cases 14,913 and people tested so far 80,33,388.
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Ahmedabad records 336 new COVID-19 cases; nine deaths
At least 336 persons tested positive for coronavirus in Ahmedabad district in the last 24 hours, raising the count of infections to 51,070, an official from the state health department said on Thursday.
Of the latest infections, 314 were detected in Ahmedabad city, while 22 were from rural parts of the district, the official said.
Apart from this, nine patients from the city died of the infection, taking the toll in the district to 2,087, he said.
The number of recoveries in the district rose to 45,813 after 323 patients were discharged from various hospitals during the day, the official said.
Of these, 302 were from the city, while the remaining 21 patients were from rural parts of the district, he added.
Surat reports 246 new cases, two deaths
Surat district recorded 246 fresh cases of coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the state health department said on Thursday.
With this, Surat’s overall case count went up to 43,228, it said.
While 207 people tested positive in Surat city, 39 cases were reported from rural areas, the department said in a release.
Two patients from Surat city died due to the infection, taking the death toll in the district to 1,077.
A total of 288 patients recovered and got discharged from hospitals during the day. Of them, 235 were from the city and 53 from the district’s rural parts.