Gujarat: 185 new coronavirus cases in Surat district

Surat district reported 185 new coronavirus cases and one death on Saturday, Gujarat health department said.

tally of infections in district thus rose to 38,472, it said.

One COVID-19 patient died, taking death toll in districtto 1,036.

Recovered cases outnumbered new cases in Surat on Saturday in both city and rural areas.

In city, against 143 new cases, 149 patients recovered. In rural areas, against 42 new cases, 51 patients recovered.

With a total of 27,280 patients getting discharged so far in city, COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 94.3 per cent, said Surat Municipal Corporation.

city's Athwa locality reported 30 new cases, highest among its eight zones, raising its total cases to 5,483. Katargam comes second with a total of 4,875 cases.

As many as 14,383 people are quarantined in city.

number of patients mitted in various city hospitals is 330, including 157 who are mitted in two government hospitals, said SMC.

Bed occupancy in two government hospitals --civil hospital and SMIMER -- is 4.36 per cent and 7.31 per cent, respectively, it said.

In rural Surat, total number of COVID-19 cases in Kamrej tehsil rose to 2,133, highest among nine tehsils, with eight new cases.

Kamrej has also reported 89 COVID-19 deaths so far, highest among tehsils, officials said.