Gujarat: 217 new coronavirus cases, nine deaths
Ahmedabad, Apr 23 () The number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat reached 2,624 on Thursday after 217 new caseswere reported since previous night, a senior health officialsaid.
Nine COVID-19 patients died during this period, takingthe death toll due to the pandemic in the state to 112, saidPrincipal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.
There are 2,254 active patients in the state now, 258have been discharged while 112 have died.
151 new cases were reported in Ahmedabad alone,followed by Surat (41), Vadodara (7), Bharuch (5) and Anand(3).
Cases were also reported in other parts of the state,including two each in Botad and Kheda and one each in Arvalli,Bhavnagar, Gandhinagar, Panchmahal, Valsad and Dang.
Out of the 2,624 cases reported across Gujarat sofar, 1,652 have been detected in Ahmedabad district alone,followed by Surat (456), Vadodara (218), Rajkot(41) and 33each in Bhavnagar and Anand among others.
Since Wednesday night, seven patients died inAhmedabad hospitals and one each in Vadodara and Surat.
On positive side, 79 persons recovered from theinfection and given discharge, taking the total number ofrecovered patients in Gujarat to 258.
45 patients were discharged from hospitals inVadodara, followed by 27 in Ahmedabad, five in Anand and oneeach in Chhotaudepur and Kheda, said Ravi.
Till now, laboratories in Gujarat have tested 42,384samples.
Lauding the frontline health workers for their effortsin containing the virus, Ravi insisted that people should notmake any comparisons with the statistics of coronavirus casesin other states.
"Some people compare Gujarat with Maharashtra. Butthat is not important at present. We did proactive screeningto find out maximum number of positive cases," she said. PJT PDKRK KRK