AMN
1,126 new cases of COVID-19 recorded from Gujarat yesterday. According to the State Health Department, the recovery rate improved further and reached up to 78.71 per cent.
More than 14 lakh 15 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date. Record 57,234 tests were carried out yesterday. Out of 1,126 new cases, the maximum 175 cases were reported from Surat. Ahmedabad city recorded 149 new cases during the last 24 hours.
Total cases of COVID-19 in the state have gone up to 80,942. At present, 14,410 active cases in the state, out of which 78 patients are on ventilator. At the other end, 1,131 patients have been discharged from various hospitals after recovery. With this, the total patients recovered from COVID-19 have gone up to 63,710. Twenty patients have lost their lives yesterday, taking the death toll in the state up to 2,822.
Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has added 18 new areas in the micro-containment zone after detection of new cases.