Gujarat: Surat records 277 new COVID-19 cases; two more deaths

COVID-19 caselo in Gujarat's Surat district rose to 41,050, after 277 fresh infections were detected in region on Wednesday, an official from state health department said. With death of two COVID-19 patients in city, toll in district has reached 1,056, official said.

While 187 patients were discharged from various hospitals in city, 42 recoveries were reported in rural areas, he said. Of latest cases, 221 were detected in city, while 56 were reported from rural parts of district, official said.

In light of rise in coronavirus cases in Surat city, minister Kumar Kanani on Wednesday held a meeting with officials of civil hospital, and said that 2,225 beds are currently available in facility.

equate number of ventilators, oxygen, beds, and medicines were also available, he said, ding that a large number of patients were in home isolation.

People getting tested for virus at government facilities for COVID-19 negative certificates for travel abro or to or states will have to pay a minimum amount of a little over Rs 1,000 as per a government tification, Kanani said.

According to Surat Municipal Corporation, 29,124 patients have recovered from infection in city, which has recorded a recovery rate of 93.8 per cent.

re are currently 495 patients mitted in city hospitals, it was stated.