Gujarat COVID-19 cases up by 367 to 1743; death toll 63
Ahmedabad, Apr 19 () Gujarat on Sunday reportedthe highest single-day spike of 367 in COVID-19 cases, withAhmedabad alone accounting for 239 new detections, a Healthdepartment official said.
With this, the number of the infected people in thestate shot up to 1743, while the death toll rose by 10 to 63.
On Saturday, 280 new cases were reported with 12deaths.
With 239 new cases and seven deaths, the tally ofCOVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district now stands at 1,101 andthe number of the victims at 32, the official said.
At the same time, 12 more patients were dischargedafter recovering from COVID-19 disease, taking their number to105.
"Gujarat tested 3002 samples in the last 24 hours, ofwhich 367 returned positive. So far, the state tested a totalof 29,104 samples," said Principal Secretary (Health) JayantiRavi.
Of the ten deaths on Sunday, seven were reported fromAhmedabad alone, she said, adding that Surat, Bharuch andAnand each reported one death.
All but one of the ten deceased suffered fromcomorbidities like hypertension, asthma, diabetes and kidneyfailure among others.
Of the 63 deaths so far, Ahmedabad tops the chart with32, followed by Surat (8), Vadodara (7), Bhavnagar (4).
Gandhinagar, Anand and Panchmahals each have reportedtwo deaths so far while Bharuch, Patan, Kutch, Botad, Jamnagarand Arravali reported one death each.
While Ahmedabad recorded 239 new cases, Surat's tallywent up by 89 patients to 242.
Vadodara reported 14 new cases, taking the number ofCOVID-19 people to 180.
Rajkot, Mahisagar, Bharuch, Dahod, Narmada, andMahisagar districts also reported new cases on Sunday.
Earlier in the day, Ahmedabad Municipal CommissionerVijay Nehra attributed the surge in COVID-19 cases in the cityto "pro-active intensive surveillance and aggressive testing".
While Rajkot has so far reported 36 cases, Bhavnagar32, Anand 28, Bharuch 23, Gandhinagar 17, Patan 15, Narnada12, Banaskantha 10, Panchmahal 9, Chhota Udepur 7, Mehsana andBotad five each, Kutch 4, Porbandar and Dahod three each, GirSomnath, Mahisagar, Kheda and Sabarkantha two each, andJamnagar, Morbi, and Aravalli one each.