Ahmedabad, Apr 20 () The number of coronaviruscases in Gujarat rose to 1,851 after 108 more people testedpositive for the disease on Monday, a health official said.
The state also reported four more deaths, taking theCOVID-19 toll to 67.
Among the new patients, 91 were reported fromAhmedabad, six from Aravalli district, two each from Kutch,Mahisagar, Panchmahal, Rajkot and Surat, and one each fromVadodara and Mehsana, principal secretary (health) JayantiRavi said.
Out of the four latest deaths, two each were reportedfrom Ahmedabad and Surat.
District-wise, Ahmedabad has so far reported 1,192cases, Vadodara- 181, Surat-244, Rajkot-38, Bhavnagar-32,Anand-28, Bharuch-23, Gandhinagar-17, Patan-15, Panchmahal-11,Narmada-12, Banaskantha-10, Chhota Udepur and Aravalli- seveneach, Kutch and Mehsana- six each, Botad- five, Porbandar,Mahisagar and Dahod- three each, Gir Somnath, Kheda andSabarkantha- two each, and Jamnagar and Morbi one each.
Ahmedabad also accounts for 34 of the total 67 deaths.
Out of the four latest deaths reported from Ahmedabadand Surat, three patients suffered from co-morbid conditionslike hypertension, diabetes, heart ailment and kidney disease,the official said.
So far, 106 people from the state have been dischargedafter recovery, she told reporters.
Out of 1,676 active cases, 14 are on ventilatorsupport while the condition of 1,662 is stable.
Sharing health profiles of 67 patients who died ofcoronavirus in the state, Ravi said 90 per cent of them eitherhad risk factors or suffered from co-morbidity, or both.
"The risk factors imply patients in age group of above60 years, under five years of age, and pregnant women. Only10.44 per cent deaths, or seven cases, have been of patientswithout any risk factors or co-morbidity," she said.
Also, six of the deceased were in the age group of 15to 44, 22 victims were in 45 to 59 years age bracket, and 37were over 60 years of age, she said.
Two of the deceased were under 15 years of age,including an 18-month-old boy.
Nearly 50 per cent of those who died had multiple co-morbidity, the official said.
Out of the 67 who died, 35 had both risk factors andmultiple co-morbidity, 21 had co-morbidity, four had riskfactors and no co-morbidity, and seven did not have any riskfactor or co-morbidity, she said.
In the last 24 hours, 3,992 samples were tested forcornavirus, out of which 247 were positive and 3,745 negative.
So far, 32,204 samples have been tested in the state,the official added. KA PDGK GK