Gujarat's COVID-19 cases up by 313 to 4395; death toll 214

Ahmedabad, Apr 30 () With 313 more persons testingcoronavirus positive in Gujarat, 249 of them in Ahmedabadalone, the number of COVID-19 patients in the state grew to4,395 on Thursday, health officials said.

In the last 24 hours, 17 patients succumbed to theinfection, taking the death toll to 214 in the state so far,Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi, said.

"Of the 313 persons who tested positive in the past 24hours, 249 cases were reported in Ahmedabad alone, followed byVadodara (19), Surat (13), Gandhinagar (10), Panchmahal (10)and Bhavnagar (four)," she said.

Cases were also reported in other parts of the state,including three each in Anand and Mehsana; and one each inArvalli and Dahod.

Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positivecases 4,395, new cases 313, deaths 214, discharged 613, activecases 3,568 and people tested so far 64,007. PJT PDNP NP