NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, SEPT 8
Gujarat’s coronavirus tally rose to 1,06,966 with 1,295 new cases being reported on Tuesday, the state health department said.
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The COVID-19 death toll in the state rose to 3,136 with 13 more fatalities, it added.
At the same time, the number of recovered cases at 1,445 outnumbered the new cases on Tuesday, increasing the total number of recovered patients in the state to 87,479.
With this, the state”s recovery rate rose to 81.78 percent.
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Surat district reported the highest 265 new cases, followed by Ahmedabad at 170 cases, Rajkot 134, Vadodara 124, Jamnagar 99, Bhavnagar 41, Junagadh 36, Panchmahal 34, Kutch 32, Patan 28, Amreli 27, Morbi 26, Mehsana 23, Banaskantha and Bharuch 22 each, Dahod 20, Devbhumi Dwarka 19, Anand, Mahisagar and Surendranagar 15 each.
Out of 13 fatalities, six were reported from Surat, three from Ahmedabad, two from Rajkot, and one each from Gandhinagar and Vadodara.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp today inaugurated and laid foundation of various development projects worth Rs.322.66 crore in Vadodara via video conferencing from Gandhinagar. pic.twitter.com/ZeLUQktFuN
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) September 8, 2020
There are 16,351 active cases in the state, out of which82 patients are on ventilator.
A total of 72,076 samples were tested for coronavirus in the last 24 hours, at the rate of 1,108.86 tests per day per million population.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,06,966, new cases 1,295, deaths 3,136, discharged 87,479, active cases 16,351 and people tested so far 29,25,447.
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— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) September 8, 2020
Surat reports 265 new cases; 6 die, 231 discharged
The number of coronavirus cases in Surat rose to 23,158 on Tuesday with 265 more persons testing positive for the infection, the highest for a district in Gujarat, the state health department said.
With six more fatalities, also the highest in the state, the death toll in the south Gujarat district rose to 906, it said.
Surat city reported 177 new cases COVID-19 and the rural parts of the district 88.
Both the city and the rural parts reported three fatalities each, the department said in a release.
At the same time, 231 patients were discharged from hospitals following recovery – 179 in the city and 52 in the rural areas – it said.
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— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) September 8, 2020
Ahmedabad cases reach 32,866; three die
The number of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district rose by 170 to 32,866 on Tuesday, Gujarat health department said.
With three people succumbing to the infection, the toll went up to 1,756, it said.
A total of 95 patients, including 68 in Ahmedabad and 27 in rural areas, were discharged after treatment in the day, raising the number of recoveries to 27,024.
Of the 170 cases, Ahmedabad city reported 148 cases while rural areas added 22 patients.
Meanwhile, the city civic body tested 1,782 passengers of three trains, out of whom 16 were found coronavirus positive.
The infected patients were shifted to COVID hospitals and care centres as per the requirement, it said.
The civic body also added 20 new micro containment areas in the city after new cases were reported.
The total number of such areas now stood at 368.
Intense door-to-door surveillance and screening will be carried out in new areas brought under the containment zones, it said.
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With increased testing, Rajkot sees rise in cases
Rajkot has reported the third highest number of daily COVID-19 cases in Gujarat after Surat and Ahmedabad in the last few days, an official said on Tuesday, attributing the rise to increased testing.
According to the state health department, there are 2,214 active cases in Rajkot, the third highest in the state after Ahmedabad with 4,021 and Surat with 2,627 cases.
While with 1,501 active cases, Vadodara is now in the fourth spot, the health data stated.
Rajkot has so far recorded 5,812 COVID-19 cases, which is fourth highest after Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara.
The fatalities, however, have remained in check with 102 deaths, the fourth highest in the state.
“We have ramped up daily testing to around 5,500 since the last four-five days, which has led to an increase in detection of COVID-19 cases. New cases are emerging from all over the city. We have kept the fatalities under control,” Rajkot municipal commissioner Udit Agrawal said.
A number of steps are being taken on “surveillance, testing and treatment” to bring the situation under control, he said.
The state health department has also trained its focus on the district, with a team of experts offering guidance to the local authorities and health officials.
In the last week of August, the district reported over 100 cases every day, while since early September, new cases have neared the 150-mark.
As many as 162 cases were detected in Rajkot on September 4 and 151 on September 6, overtaking Vadodara, the health department said.
Except for Monday, the number of new cases in the district have exceeded the recoveries.
As against 148 new cases on Monday, 284 patients recovered.
The health department has shifted doctors from other districts to Rajkot in order to assist local hospitals, an official said.
While surveys are being conducted aggressively, pulse oximetres are being used to detect suspected cases and 100 ventilators have been acquired to meet the demand, the official added.
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