Gujarat records 239 new COVID-19 cases, breaches 2,100-mark

The coronavirus case tally crossed the 2,100-mark in Gujarat on Tuesday after 239 new infections were reported, a health department official said.

With 239 new cases, a majority of them in Ahmedabad, the count in Gujarat rose to 2,178, the official said.

Ahmedabad reported 130 new cases, followed by Surat at 78, Vadodara six, Aravalli and Banaskantha five each, Valsad three, Botad and Rajkot two each, Mehsana, Bharuch, Dahod, Sabarkantha, Navsari, Gir Somnath, Kheda and Tapi one each, the official said.

Eight more patients were discharged, taking the number of cured cases to 189, Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi said.

Three patients were discharged from Ahmedabad, two from Mehsana, and one each from Kutch, Anand and Gir Somnath districts, she said.

Out of 1,949 active cases, 14 patients are on ventilator, Ravi said.