COVID-19 cases in Gujarat rise to 1,604, deaths go up to 58
Ahmedabad, Apr 19 () Gujarat reported 228 newcoronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the total number of suchcases in the state to 1,604.
Five more persons died due to coronavirus, raising thestate's toll to 58, a health department official said.
Out of the 228 new cases, 140 were reported fromAhmedabad, taking the tally in the district to 1,002,principal secretary (health) Jayanti Ravi said.
Besides, Surat reported 67 new cases, Vadodara- eight,Rajkot- five, Banaskantha and Bhavnagar- two each, and Botad,Chhota Udepur and Mehsana- one each.
Out of fivenew deaths, four were reported fromAhmedabad and one from Surat. Four of the victims sufferedfrom co-morbid conditions like hypertension, diabetes andkidney ailment.
With this, the total number of deaths in Ahmedabadreached 29, the official said.
District-wise, Ahmedabad has so far reported 1,002cases, Surat-220, Vadodara-166, Rajkot-35, Bhavnagar-32,Anand-28, Bharuch-22, Gandhinagar-17, Patan-15, Narnada-11,Banaskantha-10, Chhota Udepur- seven, Mehsana and Botad- fiveeach, Kutch- four, Porbandar- three, Dahod, Gir Somnath,Mahisagar, Kheda and Sabarkantha- two each, and Jamnagar,M0rbi and Aravalli- one each.
So far, 94 people have been discharged after recovery.
The state has till now conducted tests on atotal28,212 samples.
Out of 1,604 positive cases, 1,452 are active. Ofthese, nine patients are on ventilator support, while thecondition of the rest is stable, the official said.