Coronavirus cases cross 7,000-mark in Gujarat, 29 deaths

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Ahmedabad, May 7() With 388 persons testingpositive since previous night, 275 in Ahmedabad districtalone, the number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat reached7,013, a senior official said on Thursday.

During the same period, 29 COVID-19 patients died,taking the death toll due to the pandemic in the state to 425,said Principal Secretary, Health, Jayanti Ravi.

Of the 388 new cases found since Wednesday night, 275were found in Ahmedabad district alone.

Other districts where significant number of caseshave been reported are Surat (45), Arvalli (25) and Vadodara(19).

Of the total 29 persons who succumbed to the virusinfection since Wednesday night, 23 died in hospitals inAhmedabad, four in Surat and one each in Mehsana andBanaskantha.

In good news, 209 patients recovered and were givendischarged during this period, taking the number of suchpatients to 1,709.

"It's encouraging to see that recovery rate isincreasing. The rate of recovery was 7.43 per cent 15 daysback. Now it is 24.25 per cent," Ravi said.

"Similarly, case fatality ratio is also 5 to 6 percent in Gujarat, which means that almost 95 per cent patientsare recovering," she added.

Out of the total 7,013 cases reported in Gujarat sofar, as many as 4,991 were reported in Ahmedabad districtalone, followed by 799 in Surat and 440 in Vadodara.

Majority of deaths were also reported in these threedistricts.

While 321 COVID-19 patients have died so far inAhmedabad, 37 have died in Surat and 31 in Vadodara.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are, thus, as follows:Positive cases 7,013, new cases 388, deaths 425, dischargedpatients 1,709, active cases 4,879 and people tested so far1,00,553. PJT PDKRK KRK