With 20 more deaths, Gujarat toll hovering near 1,000

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat has recorded 20 more deaths of Covid-19 patients , including 18 from Ahmedabad and two from Surat. With this, the total death toll in state has climbed to 980. Gujarat in 24 hours ending 5 pm on Friday recorded 372 Covid-19 cases , taking the state tally to 15,944. Ahmedabad recorded 253 of these cases followed by Surat (45) and Vadodara (34).

Record 608 patients got discharged in 24 hours as total number of discharged patients is 8,609 now in Gujarat. The number included a record 468 from Ahmedabad, 35 from Surat and 18 each from Kutch and Vadodara. Analysis of the discharged patients reveal that 25.5% or a quarter of total discharged patients were in past five days. Likewise, 30% of patients in Ahmedabad got discharged in past five days.

As on Friday evening, Gujarat has 6,355 (40%) active cases, 8,609 (54%) discharged patients and 980 (6%) fatalities.