Ahmedabad, Apr 16 () The number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat stood at 929 on Thursday after 163 newpatients were detected, a senior official said.
Three COVID-19 patients died in the state sinceWednesday night, taking the death toll to 36, said PrincipalSecretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.
Till now, 73 patients have recovered and givendischarge from hospitals in the state. It includes ninepatients who walked out of hositals on Thursday.
Of 163 new cases reported since Wednesday night, 95were detected in Ahmedabad and 37 in Surat, Ravi said.
Other districts where new cases were found wereAnand (8), Vadodara (7), Banaskantha (4), Narmada (4), Rajkot(4). One case each was found in Gandhinagar, Arvalli, Khedaand Panchmahal districts.
Ravi said more cases are emerging because of intensivesurveillance and testing in infection hotspots, including theareas placed under curfew till April 21 in the walled city ofAhmedabad.
A 62-year-old man from Kutch, an 80-year-old man fromBotad and a 60-year-old woman from Ahmedabad died due tocoronavirus since Wednesday night.
In Ahmedabad, most of the new cases have come to lightin hotspots such as Juhapura, Kalupur, Jamalpur, Behrampura,Danilimda, Bodakdev, Gomtipur and Meghaninagar.
Notably, out of 33 districts of Gujarat, not a singlecoronavirus case has been reported in nine districts till now.
The majority of cases have come to light in fivedistricts -- Ahmedabad (545), Vadodara (128), Surat (88),Rajkot(28) and Bhavnagar (26).
The state authorities have conducted as many as 20,903tests to identify infected patients, Ravi said.
Nine patients recovered from the infection onThursday, taking the total number of such persons to 73.
Those who were given discharge during the dayincluded a 92-year-old man from Bhavnagar and a 75-year-oldwoman from Ahmedabad. PJT PDKRK KRK