Covid-19: Gujarat reaches new high with 712 cases in 24 hours, tally reaches to 35,398

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Saturday recorded 712 cases – or one case every two minutes – taking the total Covid-19 positive cases to 35,398 in the state. Gujarat also recorded deaths of 21 positive patients – highest in ten days – taking the death toll to 1927. On July 1 also, the state had recorded 21 deaths in a day.
Surat again pipped Ahmedabad in the highest cases with 253 – the highest single-day rise so far – compared to 172 from Ahmedabad.In the past five days, Surat has recorded the highest cases in the state three times whereas on Friday, Ahmedabad and Surat had recorded equal cases. Vadodara recorded 61 and Rajkot 47 cases – the highest for the district so far.
For Ahmedabad, it was the lowest daily tally in 67 days or more than two months. On April 28, the district had recorded 164 new Covid-19 positive cases.
Out of 33 districts, 14 have 200 or more total positive cases whereas 14 districts have recorded 10 or more deaths of Covid-19 positive patients.
The deaths were recorded from Ahmedabad (nine), Surat and Rajkot (four each), Mehsana, Aravalli, Kutch and Valsad (one each).
Gujarat recorded discharge of 473 patients in 24 hours, taking the total to 25,414. The discharges include 228 from Ahmedabad, 109 from Surat, 29 from Vadodara and 23 from Rajkot.
With update on Saturday, the state now has 8,057 active cases, which is 22.8% of total Covid-19 positive cases so far. The percentage of discharged and deceased patients in Gujarat is now at 71.8% and 5.4% respectively.
Gujarat carried out 8481 tests in 24 hours, taking the total to 4.04 lakh. A total of 2.6 lakh persons are under quarantine in Gujarat, out of which 2.57 lakh are under home quarantine.