Gujarat's COVID-19 tally rises by 247 to 3,548; 11 more die

Fresh coronavirus cases continued to pour in Gujarat, where 247 new infections were detected - most of them in Ahmedabad - taking the tally to 3,548 on Monday, while the fatalities increased to 162, a health department official said.

As many as 11 more COVID-19 patients died in the state, taking the toll to 162, Jayanti Ravi, Principal Secretary (Health), said.

Ahmedabad reported 197 new cases, taking the total in the worst-affected district to 2,378, while in Surat, the count rose to 556 with 30 new infections, she said.

Out of the 11 deceased patients, five were from Ahmedabad, four from Surat, and one each from Vadodara and Banaskantha, she told reporters.

Of them, seven suffered from co-morbid conditions (pre-existing illnesses), Ravi said.

With this, the number of deaths in Ahmedabad rose to 109, while in Surat, the toll went up to 19.

Among other districts that reported new cases on Monday are: Anand (2), Botad (1), Dang (1), Gandhinagar (5), Jamnagar (1), Panchmahal (3), Rajkot (1) and Vadodara (6).

As many as 81 patients were discharged on Monday, taking the number of cured people to 394.

Gujarat currently has 2,992 active cases, of which 31 are on ventilator, Ravi said.

Gujarat has so far conducted coronavirus tests on 53,575 people - 2,848 of them in the last 24 hours. As many as 8,908 samples have been tested using rapid testing kits, Ravi said.

Thirty out of the 33 districts in Gujarat have reported COVID-19 cases so far.

Apart from Ahmedabad and Surat, districts that have reported a number of cases are Vadodara (240), Rajkot (46), Anand (51), Bhavnagar (40), Bharuch (29), Gandhinagar (30), Patan (17), Panchmahal (20), Banaskantha (28) and Aravalli (18) among others.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follow: Positive cases: 3,548, new cases: 247, deaths: 162, discharged: 394, active cases: 2,992; people tested so far: 53,575.