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AHMEDABAD, JULY 4
Gujarat on Saturday reported its highest single-day spike of 712 coronavirus cases, taking the tally of COVID-19 cases in the state to 35,398, the state health department said.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp, accompanied by DyCM Shri @Nitinbhai_Patel today visited Surat for on the spot review of COVID-19 situation in the city from local administration & doctors and assured that the Govt will leave no stone unturned to contain the Coronavirus spread in the city pic.twitter.com/AGsWCFk9ne
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 4, 2020
For the first time, single-day increase in the number of patients crossed the 700-mark.
The death toll due to the pandemic rose to 1,927 with 21 new fatalities.
In the last one week, more than 600 COVID-19 cases were reported in Gujarat, each day with a new record. With an average of around 655 cases daily, the state has registered 5,240 positive cases in the last seven days.
CM Shri @vijayrupanibjp announces immediate supply of 200 ventilators and Rs.100 crore to convert two hospitals into dedicated COVID-19 treatment facilities in Surat. pic.twitter.com/BCZal33SoJ
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) July 4, 2020
Surat again reported the highest increase in patients in the state at 253, taking the case tally in the district to 5,714. Surat city reported 201 new cases while the remaining part of the district reported 52 cases.
ધન્વંતરી રથ: અમદાવાદમાં બિન-કોવિડ આરોગ્ય સંભાળ સેવાઓ લોકોના ઘરઆંગણે પૂરી પાડવામાં આવે છે…
વિગતો👇https://t.co/i7EHWDxnOn pic.twitter.com/MPty0gzN2P
— PIB in Gujarat 🇮🇳 (@PIBAhmedabad) July 4, 2020
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani on Saturday visited Surat and announced that 200 additional ventilators will be provided to the hospitals and Rs 100 crore would be made available to convert two hospitals into dedicated COVID hospitals.
#Surat
વધતા કેસના પગલે 100 ધન્વંતરી રથ અને 200 વેન્ટિલેટર અપવાની મુખ્યમંત્રી @vijayrupanibjp એ કરી જાહેરત
મુખ્યમંત્રીએ ડાયમંડ અને ટેક્સટાઈલ ક્ષેત્રે વધતા કેસોને જોતા ચોક્કસ નિયમ ઘડવા પર મૂક્યો ભારવિગતો વાંચવા ક્લીક કરો: https://t.co/RYjNz20RaN pic.twitter.com/qVPsvfbAAg
— DD News Gujarati (@DDNewsGujarati) July 4, 2020
Ahmedabad reported 172 new cases, taking its total to 21,715. The death toll in Ahmedabad rose to 1,475 with nine more cases.
The number of recovered patients in Ahmedabad rose to 16,613 with 228 more patients getting discharged on Saturday.
Vadodara reported 61 new cases, taking its total to 2,499.
Among other districts, Rajkot reported 47 new cases, Valsad 19, Bharuch 15, Navsari 11, Bhavnagar 20, Gandhinagar 15, Junagadh, Banaskantha and Kheda ten each.
Surat and Rajkot reported deaths of four coronavirus patients each on Saturday, while Mehsana, Aravalli, Kutch and Valsad reported the death of one patient each, the health department said in its release.
The state also reported recovery of 473 patients, taking the number of recovered cases to 25,414, the department said.
There are now 8,057 active cases in the state, with as many as 68 patients being on ventilator.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 35,398, new cases 712, deaths 1,927, discharged 25,414, active cases 8,057 and people tested so far 4,04,354.
172 new coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad district, nine deaths
Ahmedabad reported 172 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking case tally in the district to 21,715, the Gujarat health department said.
With the death of nine patients on Saturday, the death toll due to the pandemic in the district rose to 1,475, it said.
AMC
Dhanvantri Rath: Mobile Medical vans providing door step OPD consultations now upgraded for antigen testing too.AMC intensifies survey & testing in containment zones & emerging hot spots across city. #AhmedabadFightsCorona #GujaratFightsCovid19 pic.twitter.com/lvl7DrGfSa
— Mukesh Kumar (@Mukeshias) July 4, 2020
228 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered COVID-19 patients to 16,613.
Of 172 new cases, as many as 165 were reported from Ahmedabad corporation limits.
The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation added 26 new micro containment areas to the existing list of 60, placing around 6,000 more people within the restricted zones.
Two micro-containment areas were removed, so the number of micro-containment areas in the city now stands at 84.
Outside city limits, seven new coronavirus cases were reported in the district on Saturday, taking the total to 861.
Out of these cases, 731, or 85 percent, have been discharged and 56 have died, with one death reported during the day.
The death toll rate of Ahmedabad which used to be around 81 per cent of the total toll is gradually getting lower. On Saturday, it has come down a bit to 76.69 percent. Gujarat has one of the highest mortality rate for coronavirus in the country, 5.44 percent.
