Gujarat coronavirus cases cross 22,000-mark; 38 more die

The coronavirus count in Gujarat rose to 22,067 on Thursday with the addition of 513 new cases in the last 24 hours, while the toll increased to 1,385 with the death of 38 more patients, 25 of them in Ahmedabad, the state health department said.

A health department release said 366 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the number of recoveries to 15,109 in the state.

The state has 5,573 active COVID-19 cases, of which 61 patients are on ventilator, it said.

Out of the 513 new cases, 330 were reported from Ahmedabad, which took the tally in the city to 15,635.

While Surat reported 86 new cases, 39 fresh infections were found in Vadodara, the department said.

The case tally has risen to 2367 in Surat and to 1434 in Vadodara.

Nineteen other districts also reported fresh cases out of which Gandhinagar recorded 11, Bharuch seven, Mehasana and Anand five cases each.

Out of the 38 deaths reported in the last 24 hours, 25 were from Ahmedabad, four fromSurat, while Anand, Aravalli, Bhavnagar, Banaskantha, Kheda, Morbi, Patan, Surendranagar and Valsad districts reported one death each.

Out of the 366 patients who were discharged, 231 were from various hospitals of Ahmedabad, while 72 were from Surat and 25 from Vadodara, the department said.

A hospital in Dehgam town of Gandhinagar district was issued a notice by the district administration after it was found the private medical facility was treating COVID-19 patients without necessary permission from the authorities.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 22,067, new cases 513, deaths 1,385, discharged 15,109, active cases 5,573, people tested so far 2,72,924.