Gujarat's Corona cases mount to 23,590; death toll 1,478 now

AHMEDABAD: The coronavirus case count in Gujarat grew to 23,590 on Sunday after 511 more patients were found in the state, the state health department said.

As the virus claimed 29 more lives across the state, the death toll due to the pandemic reached 1,478, it said.

There are 5,779 active cases in the state, of which 66 patients are in a critical condition, the department said. As many as 442 patients were discharged on Sunday after recovery, taking the number of such people to 16,333. Ahmedabad district continues to top the list of the highest number of new cases in the state. It reported 334 new cases on Sunday, taking the total in the district to 16,640.

With 22 out of a total 29 deaths being reported in Ahmedabad, COVID-19 fatalities in the district rose to 1,187. Of the 1,141 COVID-19 deaths recorded in Ahmedabad city hospitals, 968 were in nine government hospitals, while as many as 527 fatalities were reported from the civil hospital. Private hospitals have reported 172 deaths, the AMC said. One fatality was also reported from a COVID care centre. The city has registered the recovery rate of 71.9 per cent so far. Total 3,282 patients or 21 per cent of them are active. Rural parts of Ahmedabad reported 29 new cases on Sunday, taking the total to 571 there, a release by the district panchayat said. There are 128 or 22 per cent active cases the rural parts, while as many as 38 patients have died.

Surat district reported 76 new cases, taking its tally of patients to 2,579. The total of coronavirus patients in Vadodara rose to 1,553 with 42 new cases. Apart from 22 deaths in Ahmedabad, four died in Surat and one each in Aravalli, Mehsana and Panchmahal. Twenty other districts reported new cases on Sunday. Surendranagar reported nine, Gandhinagar eight, Aravalli and Bharuch six each. The state has so far conducted tests on 2,88,565 samples, it said.

Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases: 23,590, new cases: 511, deaths: 1,478, discharged: 16,333, active cases: 5,779 and people tested so far: 2,88,565.