NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, JUNE 5
As many as 510 new coronavirus patients were detected in Gujarat since the previous evening, the highest increase in a single day, while 35 patients died, the state health department said on Friday.
કોરોના વાયરસ સામે લડવા મુખ્યમંત્રી રાહતનિધિમાં જનતા જનાર્દન દ્વારા ઉદાર હાથે મળેલી રાશિમાંથી રૂ.ર૦૦ કરોડ ગુજરાત આત્મનિર્ભર પેકેજમાં ફાળવવાની મુખ્યમંત્રી શ્રી વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીની જાહેરાત. pic.twitter.com/lxnHUs4iOa
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) June 5, 2020
The total number of cases in the state thus went up to 19,119, while the death toll due to coronavirus rose to 1,190, it said.
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી વિજયભાઈ રૂપાણીએ આજે વિશ્વ પર્યાવરણ દિન નિમિત્તે અમદાવાદ મ્યુનિસિપલ કોર્પોરેશનના પાંચ લાખ તુલસીના રોપા વિતરણ કરવાના કાર્યક્રમનો વિડીયો કોન્ફરન્સના માધ્યમથી પ્રારંભ કરાવ્યો હતો અને કોરોના સંક્રમણથી બચવા તુલસીના સેવનથી રોગપ્રતિકારક શક્તિ વધારવા લોકોને પ્રેરણા આપી હતી pic.twitter.com/i0dDnO2KNZ
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) June 5, 2020
344 persons also recovered during the day, taking the total of those discharged from hospitals to 13,011.
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— Dr Rajiv Kumar Gupta IAS (Retd) (@drrajivguptaias) June 5, 2020
Of these 344, as many as 251 patients recovered in Ahmedabad district, followed by 39 in Surat, 19 in Mahisagar, and four each in Valsad and Aravalli districts.
માનનીય નાયબ મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી અને પ્રભારી મંત્રીશ્રીની અધ્યક્ષતામાં યોજાયેલ જિલ્લા આયોજન બોર્ડની બેઠકમાં નાણાકીય વર્ષ 2020-21 ના આયોજન અન્વયેના કુલ 1,348 કામોને મંજૂરી આપવામાં આવી. pic.twitter.com/pQXXk6VhYD
— DEO & Collector Kheda (@collectorkheda) June 5, 2020
The recovery rate of the state was improving and now stands at 68.05 percent from 44.3 percent in the last week of May, the health department statement said.
#ContainmentZone in Padra, #Vadodara #GujaratFightsCovid19 @vijayrupanibjp @pkumarias @GujHFWDept @InfoGujarat pic.twitter.com/xNfgMjyzAb
— Collector & DM Vadodara (@CollectorVad) June 5, 2020
Till now, 2,39,911 tests have been conducted in Gujarat. There are 4,918 active cases.
Of 510 new cases that emerged in the past 24 hours, 324 were reported in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by Surat (67), Vadodara (45), Gandhinagar (21), and Mehsana nine.
After Ahmedabad, maximum coronavirus cases have come to light in Surat and Vadodara districts, where the tally of cases has gone up to 1,941 and 1,224, respectively.
Ahmedabad also accounted for 30 out of 35 deaths in the last 24 hours, while two patients died in Surat and one each in Anand, Bhavnagar, and Surendranagar districts.
2.21 lakh persons are currently quarantined in the state – 2.13 lakh in home isolation and 7,432 in institutional quarantine.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 19,119, new cases 510, deaths 1,190, discharged 13,011, active cases 4,918 and people tested so far 2,39,911.
324 new corona patients found in Ahmedabad, 30 deaths
The number of coronavirus cases in the Ahmedabad district of Gujarat reached 13,678 on Friday with 324 new patients coming to light since the previous evening.
The district also recorded 30 COVID-19 related deaths which took the death toll to 968, said a release by the state Health Department.
Also, 251 patients undergoing treatment at different hospitals recovered and were given discharge, it said.
Of 1,190 COVID-19 deaths reported in Gujarat so far, as many as 968 deaths have occurred in Ahmedabad district. 946 of them were from Ahmedabad city and 22 were from rural areas of the district.
Of the new COVID-19 patients added in the past 24 hours, 299 were reported in Ahmedabad city while 25 patients were found elsewhere, mainly in Dholka, Dhandhuka, and Detroj talukas.
Of the total 13,678 cases in Ahmedabad district so far, 13,351 were from the city while the rest 327 cases from other parts of the district.
AMC serves notice to Artham Hospital for refusing patient
Meanwhile, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has served a notice to Artham Hospital, a designated private hospital for coronavirus treatment, under the Epidemic Diseases Act for allegedly not admitting COVID-19 patients sent by the corporation and using reserved beds for other patients, the AMC said in a release.
