10 linked to Tablighi among new COVID-19 cases; Guj tally 122
Ahmedabad, Apr 5 () The total number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat rose to 122 with 14 new patients beingreported on Sunday, including 10 having link to the religiouscongregation recently organised by Tablighi Jamaat atNizamuddin in Delhi, a health department official said.
The state also reported death of a 61-year-oldwoman, who was admitted to a hospital in Surat on Saturday andtested positive of coronavirus. She was also suffering fromdiabetes, the official said.
Out of the 14 new cases reported on Sunday, eight arefrom Ahmedabad, two each from Surat and Bhavnagar, and oneeach from Vadodara and Chhota Udepur.
Among these new patients, 10 have "direct or indirect"link to the Tablighi Jamaat's religious congregation held atNizamuddin in Delhi last month, which has emerged as acoronavirus hotspot, state Principal Secretary (Health)Jayanti Ravi said.
With the death of a 61-year-old woman in Surat, whotested positive for coronavirus only a day ago, the totalnumber of COVID-19 deaths in the state has gone up to 11, shesaid.
District-wise, Ahmedabad has reported the highestnumber of deaths at five, followed by Bhavnagar and Surat- twoeach, and Panchmahal and Vadodara- one each.
So far, Ahmedabad has reported the highest number ofcoronavirus cases at 53, followed by Surat-15, Gandhinagar-13,Bhavnagar-11, Rajkot and Vadodara-10 each, Porbandar- three,Gir Somnath- two, and Kutch, Mehsana, Panchmahal, Patan, andChhota Udepur- one each, the state health department said.
Out of the 122 cases, 72 are of local transmission,33 patients have foreign travel history while 17 have inter-state travel history.
At the same time, 17 people have so far beendischarged after recovery, Ravi said, adding that thecondition of all 94 active patients is stable.
The state government has tested total 2,354 samples sofar, out of which results of eight are awaited, the healthdepartment said.