364 new coronavirus cases in Guj, tally 9,268; 29 deaths
Ahmedabad, May 13 () The number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat rose to 9,268 with 364 new cases beingdetected on Wednesday, 292 in Ahmedabad district alone, ahealth official said.
The death toll due to the pandemic increased to 566with 29 patients dying, Principal Secretary (Health), JayantiRavi said.
Among 16 districts where new cases were found,Ahmedabad reported 292, Surat 23 and Vadodara 18. The tally ofcoronavirus cases in Ahmedabad rose to 6,645.
In Surat and Vadodara, it rose to 967 and 592,respectively.
Again, out of 29 deaths, Ahmedabad accounted for 25.Three patients died in Surat and one in Patan.
The number of COVID-19-related deaths in Ahmedabadthus rose to 446, and that in Surat to 43.
316 patients were also discharged upon recovery onWednesday. Ahmedabad reported the highest number of recoveredpatients at 238.
A total of 2,112 patients have been discharged fromAhmedabad hospitals.
39 patients are on ventilator in the state, Ravi said.
As many as 1,22,297 samples weretested in the statetill Wednesday, 2,760 in the last 24 hours, she said.
Amreli district recorded its first coronavirus case onWednesday. The pandemic, thus, has now spread to all 33districts of Gujarat.
Ravi told reporters that drugs Ramdesivir andInterferon, which are being used for "WHO solidarity clinicaltrial" being conducted in Gujarat hospitals on coronaviruspatients, have reached Ahmedabad.
"Patented drug Ramdesivir, and another drugInterferon, which will be used on coronavirus patients as partof WHO clinical trial, have reached Ahmedabad. These drugs arebelieved to be highly effective," she said.
Apart from Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, thedistricts with high number of cases in Gujarat are Gandhinagar(142), Bhavnagar (100), Banaskantha (82), Anand (80), Aravalli(76), Mehsana (67), Rajkot (66), Botad (56).
Gujarat COVID-19 figures: Positive cases: 9,268, newcases: 364, deaths: 566, discharged: 3,562, active cases:5,140; people tested so far: 1,22,297. KA PDKRK KRK