NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, APR 24
Gujarat on Saturday recorded 14,097 COVID-19 cases, its highest one-day rise so far, which took the caseload to 4,81,737.
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સચિન(સુરત)ના ૧૦૫ વર્ષના માજી સામે કોરોનાએ શરણાગતિ સ્વીકારી. તેઓ સારવાર કરતાં ડોક્ટરને કહેતા: 'દિકરા,કોરોના મારૂં કશું બગાડી નહીં શકે..' માજી શબ્દશ: સાચા ઠર્યા@MOH @CMOGuj @CommissionerSMC @Nitinbhai_Patel @JayantiRavi @JpShivahare pic.twitter.com/SeSQm8b8al— GujHFWDept (@GujHFWDept) April 24, 2021
The state also reported highest one-day death count of 152, which pushed the overall death toll to 6,171, a health department official said.
રાજ્યના મુખ્ય સચિવ શ્રી અનિલ મુકિમે સચિવાલય ખાતે ઇ-સંજીવની ઓપીડીના હબની મુલાકાત લીધી. ઇ-સંજીવની એપનો અત્યાર સુધી ૧,૯0,000 થી વધુ અને ટેલીમેડીસીન દ્વારા કુલ ૩૭,૦૦૦ થી વધુ દર્દીઓ લાભ લીધો@MoHFW_INDIA @CMOGuj @Nitinbhai_Patel @JayantiRavi @JpShivahare @NHMGujarat @DrNilamPatel04 pic.twitter.com/GNnjsIiikA
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At least 6,479 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, raising the count of recoveries to 3,67,972, he added. With this, the state”s recovery rate stands at 76.38 per cent.
There are 1,07,594 active cases in the state, 396 of them in a critical condition.
કેન્દ્રીય ગૃહમંત્રી શ્રી @AmitShah એ જણાવ્યું કે પ્રધાનમંત્રી શ્રી @narendramodi ના દ્રષ્ટિવંત નેતૃત્વ અને આયોજન હેઠળ દેશભરમાં પી.એમ.કેર ફંડમાંથી ઓક્સિજન પૂરો પાડવા માટે એક ખાસ અભિયાન હાથ ધર્યું છે.@PIB_India @GujHFWDept @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/XGrc9czCE7
— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) April 24, 2021
With 5,683 new infections, Ahmedabad reported the highest number of cases, followed by Surat with 2,686, Vadodara with 701, Jamnagar with 639, Rajkot with 500, Mehsana with 430, Bhavnagar with 310 and Banaskantha with 291.
Surat reported the highest 28 deaths, followed by 25 casualties in Ahmedabad, 14 in Vadodara and 12 in Rajkot.
As per official data, 1,11,70,997 people have received the COVID-19 vaccine in the state so far, with 92,99,215 getting the first dose and 18,71,782 getting the second one.
The tally of infections in the adjoining Union Territory of Daman, Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli rose to 6,481 with 242 new cases, a local official said.
With 118 more patients getting discharged, the total of recovered cases went up to 4,443, he said, adding that four patients have died of the infection in the UT so far.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 4,81,737, new cases 14,097, death toll 6,171, discharged 3,67,972, active cases 1,07,594, people tested so far – figures not released.
Deputy CM Nitin Patel tests positive, hospitalised
Gujarat Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel on Saturday informed that he has tested positive for coronavirus infection.
Patel, 64, who also holds the health portfolio, was admitted to the U N Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre here after testing positive.
“I had my RT-PCR test done after showing mild symptoms of coronavirus, the result of which is positive. On the advice of doctors, I am getting admitted to UN Mehta Hospital,” he tweeted.
“I urge all of you who recently came in contact with me to take care of their health,” Patel added.
Earlier in the day, he participated in a programme in Gandhinagar which was attended by Minister Amit Shah and Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. He was also with Shah and Rupani on Friday.
Patel had received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine around a month ago.
