Ahmedabad, Apr 27 () Fresh coronavirus casescontinued to pour in Gujarat, where 247 new infections weredetected - most of them in Ahmedabad - taking the tally to3,548 on Monday, while the fatalities increased to 162, ahealth department official said.
As many as 11 more COVID-19 patients died in thestate, taking the toll to 162, Jayanti Ravi, PrincipalSecretary (Health), said.
Ahmedabad reported 197 new cases, taking the total inthe worst-affected district to 2,378, while in Surat, thecount rose to 556 with 30 new infections, she said.
Out of the 11 deceased patients, five were fromAhmedabad, four from Surat, and one each from Vadodara andBanaskantha, she told reporters.
Of them, seven suffered from co-morbid conditions(pre-existing illnesses), Ravi said.
With this, the number of deaths in Ahmedabad rose to109, while in Surat, the toll went up to 19.
Among other districts that reported new cases onMonday are: Anand (2), Botad (1), Dang (1), Gandhinagar (5),Jamnagar (1), Panchmahal (3), Rajkot (1) and Vadodara (6).
As many as 81 patients were discharged on Monday,taking the number of cured people to 394.
Gujarat currently has 2,992 active cases, of which 31are on ventilator, Ravi said.
Gujarat has so far conducted coronavirus tests on53,575 people - 2,848 of them in the last 24 hours. As many as8,908 samples have been tested using rapid testing kits, Ravisaid.
Thirty out of the 33 districts in Gujarat havereported COVID-19 cases so far.
Apart from Ahmedabad and Surat, districts that havereported a number of cases are Vadodara (240), Rajkot (46),Anand (51), Bhavnagar (40), Bharuch (29), Gandhinagar (30),Patan (17), Panchmahal (20), Banaskantha (28) and Aravalli(18) among others.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follow: Positivecases: 3,548, new cases: 247, deaths: 162, discharged: 394,active cases: 2,992; people tested so far: 53,575. KA PDRSY RSY