Gujarat’s Covid toll crosses 3,500, tally reaches 1,44,027

Gandhinagar, Oct 5 : Gujarat’s coronavirus death toll on Monday crossed the 3,500 mark to reach 3,512 with 13 new deaths, while the state saw 1,327 more cases, taking its tally to 1,44,027.

In October so far, the state has added 6,633 cases at a daily average of 1,326.

A total of 1,405 patients were discharged on Monday, taking the total to 1,23,770, while the state has 16,745 active cases, out of which 94 critical patients are on ventilator.

Hospot Surat saw 276 new cases, followed by Ahmedabad with 187, Rajkot with 155, Vadodara with 124 and Jamnagar with 90.

Patan saw 48 cases, Mehsana 43, Gandhinagar 39, Banaskantha 34, Bhavnagar 32, Junagadh 31, Amreli 30, Kutch 27, Morbi 22, Panchmahals 20, Surendranagar 19, Bharuch and Mahisagar 16 each, Gir-Somnath 15, Porbandar, Narmada, Dahod, Sabarkantha, and Anand 11 each, Kheda nine, Navsari, Devbhumi Dwarka, and Botad seven each, Chotta Udepur six, Aravalli five, Tapi four and Valsad three.

Of the new deaths, five were reported from Surat, three from Ahmedabad, two from Vadodara, and one each from Bhavnagar, Rajkot and Mahisagar.

Ahmedabad leads the fatalities with 1,828 deaths, followed by 789 in Surat, 193 in Vadodara, 145 in Rajkot, 78 in Gandhinagar, and 67 in Bhavnagar.

Health authorities have so far conducted 47,02,776 RT-PCR tests, while there are 5,95,081 people under quarantine – 5,94,632 at home and 449 in government facilities.

Disclaimer: This story is auto-generated from IANS service.