Coronavirus cases in Gujarat cross 7,000-mark, 29 deaths
May 7, 2020, 20:30 IST
Ahmedabad, May 7 () With 388 persons testingpositive since previous night, 275 of them in Ahmedabaddistrict, the number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat reached7,013 on Thursday, a senior health official said.
Since Wednesday night, 29 patients succumbed to theinfection, taking the death toll due to coronavirus in thestate to 425, said Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.
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Of the 388 new cases, 275 were detected in Ahmedabaddistrict alone.
Also, 23 of 29 deaths in the state in 24 hours werereported from hospitals in Ahmedabad, followed by four deathsin Surat and one each in Mehsana and Banaskantha, Ravi said.
Gujarat coronavirus figures are thus as follows:Positive cases: 7,013, new cases: 388, deaths: 425, dischargedpatients: 1,709, active cases: 4,879; people tested so far:1,00,553. PJT PDKRK KRK(This story has not been edited by www.businessinsider.in and is auto–generated from a syndicated feed we subscribe to.)