Ahmedabad, Feb 3 (PTI) Gujarat added 7,606 new coronavirus cases and 34 deaths on Thursday, taking the overall infection tally to 11,85,537 and the toll to 10,579, the state health department said.
On Wednesday, the state had recorded 8,934 COVID-19 cases and 34 deaths linked to the infection.
Also, 13,195 persons recovered from the disease in the last 24 hours, pushing up the tally of recoveries to 11,11,394, said the department in a release.
Gujarat’s coronavirus recovery rate now stands at 93.75 per cent.
At present, Gujarat has 63,564 active cases of coronavirus, of which 266 patients are on ventilator support.
Ahmedabad city recorded the highest number of infections – 3,118 – during the day, followed by 1,127 in Vadodara city, 354 in Gandhinagar city and 286 in Vadodara district’s rural areas, among others, the release said.
As many as 9.90 crore doses of coronavirus vaccines have been administered to the eligible population so far in Gujarat, of which, 3.87 lakh shots were given during the day, it added.
Fourteen new cases of COVID-19 and 19 recoveries were registered in the adjoining Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu in the last 24 hours, said an official release.
Of the total 11,358 persons found positive for coronavirus in the Union Territory so far, 67 are under treatment, four have died, while 11,287 have recovered from the infection, said the UT administration.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 11,85,537, new cases 7,606, deaths 10,579, discharged 11,11,394, active cases 63,564, people tested so far – figures not released. PTI PJT RSY RSY
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