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GANDHINAGAR, MARCH 26
The number of COVID-19 patients in Gujarat rose to 43 with four more coronavirus cases reported in the state during the last 24 hours, a senior health official said on Thursday.
A 70-year-old male patient infected with SARS-CoV-2 died in Gujarat’s Bhavnagar early on Thursday, taking the death toll due to coronairus to three in the state.
The man from Bhavnagar with a travel history of Delhi, succumbed to the coronavirus, following comorbid conditions and other several complications.
The first patient in the state to die of COVID-19 was that of a 67 year male with comorbid conditions. The second patient was an 85-year-old woman from Ahmedabad to die of the disease on Wednesday night.
Status of #COVID2019 cases in Gujarat. pic.twitter.com/SWbbWrUxMK
— Ministry of Health (@MoHFW_GUJARAT) March 26, 2020
One new case each has been reported from Ahmedabad, Surat, Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar, state principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi said in Gandhinagar.
Ahmedabad is on top with 15 cases, followed by Vadodara-eight, Gandhinagar, and Surat-seven each, Rajkot-four and Kutch and Bhavnagar-one each.
The health authorities have had a total of 761 samples tested so far for the COVID-19 . A total of 31,495 have been quarantined in Gujarat.
WhatsApp helpline No 9013151515, say ‘Namaste’ in Hindi or English: PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on March 25 addressed people of Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi on day one of 21-day countrywide lockdown. Prime Minister issued a helpline number to get the authenticated news on COVID-19. He said, to give authentic news and updates on coronavirus, Centre has collaborated with social messaging app WhatsApp and issued a number ‘9013151515’. A person has to write ‘Namaste’ in Hindi or English and he will get the reply instantly.
