COVID-19 death toll in Ahmedabad district crosses 200-mark

Ahmedabad, May 3 () With 23 more people succumbingto coronavirus infection on Sunday, the death toll inAhmedabad district of Gujarat crossed the 200-mark, officialssaid.

This is the highest single-day COVID-19 death tollrecorded in the district so far, they said.

With this, the death toll in the district has gone upto 208, the officials said.

Besides, 274 fresh coronavirus cases were reported onSunday, which took the tally of such patients in the districtto 3,817.

Nineteen of 23 patients, who died on Sunday, whosuffered from co-morbid conditions, an official release said.

The authorities discharged 71 patients from hospitals,which took the number of recovered patients in the district to533. KA PDNP NP