Ahmedabad, Apr 15 () The number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat rose to 695 as 56 more people were foundinfected with the disease on Wednesday, the healthdepartment said.
The death toll in the state went up to 30 after twomore patients succumbed to the viral infection, it said.
Out of the 56 new cases, Ahmedabad reported thehighest number of 42 patients, followed by Surat- six,Vadodara and Panchmahal- three each, and Botad and Kheda- eeach, it said.
With this, Ahmedabad has till now reported 404coronavirus cases, followed by Vadodara-116,
Botad and Kheda districts reported first COVID-19positive cases on Wednesday.
Two more deaths were reported in the morning bulletinof the health department.
A 14-year-old girl died at a Vadodara hospital, whilea 45-year-old woman succumbed to the disease in Surat, takingthe death toll in the state to 30.
The girl suffered from a brain disease, while thewoman had hypertension, the healthdepartment said.
It clarified that 11 positive cases were removed fromthe tally after it was found that those numbers from Ahmedabadwere mistakenly added to the total number of cases on Tuesday.
District-wise, Ahmedabad has reported 404 cases,Vadodara-116, Surat-48, Bhavnagar-26. Rajkot-18, Gandhinagar-16, Patan-14, Bharuch-11, Anand-10, Panchmahal and ChhotaUdepur- five each, Kutch and Mehsana-four each, Porbandar-three, Banaskantha, Dahod and Gir Somnath two each, andJamnagar, Morbi, Botad, Kheda and Sabarkantha- one each.
So far, 59 patients in the state have been dischargedafter recovery.
The condition of eight patients is critical and theyare on ventilator support, while 598 patients out of 606active cases are stable.
In the last 24 hours, 2,354 samples were tested forCOVID-19.
So far, total 17,334 samples have been tested, out ofwhich 695 came out positive. KA PDGK GK