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Ahmedabad COVID-19 cases rise by 276 to 8420; 31 more die

May 17, 2020, 21:51 IST

PTI

Ahmedabad, May 17 () The number of COVID-19 casesin Ahmedabad district mounted to 8,420 on Sunday with 276 morepeople testing positive for coronavirus while the fatalitiesrose to 524 after 31 patients succumbing to the viralinfection, a Health official said.

A total of 115 patients were discharged, taking thetotal number of recovered cases here to 5,236.

Amid rising number of cases in city, the AhmedabadMunicipal Corporation(AMC) has identified 42 privatehospitals as "designated COVID hospitals".

"These hospitals shall provide 50per cent of thetotal numbers of beds for COVID-19 patients to be referred bythe AMC," it said. KA PD NSK NSK

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