127 new coronavirus cases in Guj, tally 766; five deaths
Ahmedabad, Apr 15 () The number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat rose to 766 as 127 new patients were detectedon Wednesday, while five patients died, taking the death tolldue to the pandemic to 33, a senior official said.
Eighty-eight new cases were reported in Ahmedabad cityalone, which took the number of coronavirus cases in the cityto 450.
Vadodara reported eight new cases on Wednesday, whileSurat reported nine, taking the total number of cases in thesecities to 121 and 51, respectively.
Narmada district reported its first two cases onWednesday, so did Botad and Kheda districts, with one caseeach.
Of the two patients in Narmada district, one hadreturned from Maharashtra, while other worked as a labtechnician in Surat, Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravisaid.
Bhavnagar reported two cases, Bharuch two, Rajkot six,Panchmahal three and Anand seven.
The state reported five deaths since Tuesday night.
Three women patients died in Ahmedabad, a 14-year-oldgirl died in Vadodara, and a 45-year-old woman in Surat.
The girl from Vadodara suffered from a neurologicaldisease, while the woman from Surat suffered fromhypertension.
Of the three women who died in Ahmedabad, a 55-year-old woman suffered from heart disease. Another woman, 65 yearsold, suffered from diabetes.
On the other hand, five patients recovered onWednesday, which took the number of discharged patients in thestate to 64. Of those discharged on Wednesday, four are fromAhmedabad, including an eight-year-old boy. One patient wasdischarged in Surat.
As many as 3,213 samples were tested since Tuesdaynight, taking the total number of tests conducted to 19,197.
Out of 669 'active' patients, six are on ventilator.
District-wise, Ahmedabad has reported 450 cases and 16deaths, Vadodara 121 cases, Surat 51, Bhavnagar 26, Rajkot 24,Gandhinagar 16, Patan 14, Bharuch 13, Anand 17, Panchmahal andChhota Udepur five each, Kutch and Mehsana four each,Porbandar three, Gir Somnath, Dahod, Narmada and Banaskanthatwo each, and Jamnagar, Morbi, Sabarkantha, Botad and Khedaone each. KA PDKRK KRK