NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, AUG 5
Gujarat reported 24 new coronavirus positive cases and 31 recoveries in the last 24 hours, the health department said on Thursday.
Gujarat sets record of administering 5.81 lakh doses of vaccine in a single day today, taking the total vaccination to over 3.50 crore doses so far in the State. pic.twitter.com/bhShnHfgpc
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) August 5, 2021
With this, the tally of positive cases in the state now stands at 8,24,978, it said.
For the 17th consecutive day, Gujarat did not report any death due to coronavirus. Since the outbreak, the infection has claimed 10,076 lives in the state.
The number of recoveries climbed to 8,14,696 on Thursday and the recovery rate now stands at 98.75 percent. There are 206 active COVID-19 cases in the state and six of the patients are on ventilator.
The state government said that a little over 3.50 crore doses of coronavirus vaccines were administered to the eligible people till now. Of these, 5.81 lakh doses were given on Thursday alone.
No new case was reported in the adjoining Union Territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu in the last 24 hours, an official release said, adding that one patient recovered and was discharged from hospital during the day. Of the total number of 10,624 people, who were found positive for coronavirus in the union territory since the outbreak, four have died, 10,606 have recovered, while 14 cases are active, it said.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 8,24,978, new cases 24, death toll 10,076, recoveries 8,14,696, active cases 206 and people tested so far – figures not released.
