COVID-19 cases cross 5,000-mark in Guj; 26 deaths in one day
Ahmedabad, May 2 () The number of COVID-19 casescrossed the 5,000-mark in Gujarat with 333 more people testingpositive while the overall death toll rose by 26, withAhmedabad alone accounting for the highest single-dayfatalities at 20, to 262, a Health department official said.
The total number of COVID-19 cases in the state nowstands at 5,054, including 250 new detections in Ahmedabad.
Gujarat is now going for pool testing to augment itscapacity, the official said.
"With 160 more people discharged on Saturday, thenumber of the people recovered from the viral infection hasgone up to 896," said Principal Secretary (Health) JayantiRavi.
At 63, the highest number of the people dischargedwere from Ahmedabad, the bureaucrat said.
She said that 17 of the total 26 deceased weresuffering from some or the other underlying health conditionslike diabetes, hypertension, kidney, heart and liver diseases,mental illness, HIV etc.
A total of ten of the deceased were suffering frommultiple comorbidities, she said.
"While 20 of the 26 patients died in hospitals inAhmedabad, three died in Vadodara, two in Surat and one inAnand," Ravi said.
While Ahmedabad reported 250 of the 333 newcoronavirus positive cases, Vadodara and Surat reported 17cases each, taking the total number of patients in the threedistricts to 3,543, 325, and 661, respectively.
Among other districts that reported new cases are:Gandhinagar (18), Bhavnagar (6), Botad (6), Dahod (1), Kheda(3), Navsari (2), Panchmahal (1), Patan (3), Tapi (1), Valsad(1), Mahisagar (6), and Chhota Udepur (1), Ravi said.
A total 160 patients were discharged from hospitalsfrom 12 districts.
Apart from Ahmedabad (63), 40 people were dischargedin Vadodara, 32 in Surat, 10 in Banaskantha, 6 in Aravalli.
"Gujarat has so far conducted 74,116 tests," Ravisaid.
Apart from Ahmedabad, Surat and Vadodara, the highernumber of cases were also reported from Rajkot (58), Bhavnagar(53), Anand (74), Bharuch (27), Gandhinagar (67), Banaskantha(29), Panchmahal (38), and Botad (270).
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positivecases 5,054, new cases 333, deaths 262, discharge 896, activecases 3,896; people tested so far 74,116. KA PD KRKNSK NSK