by: Navjeevan Express

Gujarat: With record single-day jump of 712 coronavirus cases, tally crosses 35K mark

NE NEWS SERVICE
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.


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.


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.


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.


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.


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.