Ahmedabad:
As many as 910 new cases of coronavirus infection were detected in Gujarat in the last 24 hours, taking the caseload to 2,40,105, the state health department said on Friday evening.
Six patients with viral infection died during this period, taking the death toll to 4,268, it said in a release.
With 56,970 tests in the last 24 hours, the total number of tests conducted in the state went up to 93,30,491.
Three patients died in Ahmedabad, two in Surat and one in Rajkot.
With 1,114 patients getting discharged on Friday, the tally of recovered patients went up to 2,25,206.
There are 10,631 active cases in the state now.
The highest number of cases — 191 — emerged in Ahmedabad district, followed by 153 in Surat, 138 in Vadodara, 83 in Rajkot, 33 in Gandhinagar, 32 in Kheda and 23 in Dahod.
Gujarat’s recovery rate has gone up to 93.79 per cent.
During the day, two persons tested positive in the adjoining union territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.
Of the total 3,341 persons found positive for coronavirus in the territory since the outbreak, two have died, 3,329 have recovered and 10 cases are still active.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 2,40,105, new cases 910, death toll 4,268, discharged 2,25,206, active cases 10,631, people tested so far 93,30,491.
