Gujarat continued to add more Covid-19 fatalities with 34 people succumbing to infection on Thursday even as the daily Covid-19 infections are on decline. The state on Thursday recorded 7,606 cases, of which 266 patients are on ventilator support. The state had 8,934 cases and 34 deaths yesterday.
Of the total Covid cases recorded in last 24 hours, Ahmedabad logged the highest number with 3,118 patients and ten deaths. Besides Ahmedabad city, Vadodara (1,127), Rajkot (238), Gandhinagar (354), and Surat Corporation (227), recorded maximum cases.
The districts of Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot — including the city and rural jurisdictions — reported 4,639 new cases, accounting for 70% of the day’s new cases.
On fatalities front, Ahmedabad had ten deaths, Vadodara had four, Rajkot had two, Gandhinagar had two, Surat had six, and Bharuch had three. Valsad, Morji, Jamnagar, Kheda, Panchmahal and Jamnagar had one deaths each. Bhavnagar had two Covid deaths.
The state government, meanwhile, extended the night curfew from 10pm to 6am until February 28. Home delivery option for hotels and restaurants remain open 24X7.
Scenario Across India
India reported 1,72,433 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of infections to over 4.16 crore today. According to the government, the active cases decreased to reach 15,33,921– 3.67 per cent of the total infections.
The daily positivity rate was recorded at 10.99 per cent, while the weekly positivity rate was 12.98 per cent, according to the health ministry.
Under the nationwide vaccination drive, 167.87 crore vaccine doses have been administered so far, the health ministry said.
Covid recovery rate currently at 95.14 per cent with 2,59,107 recoveries recorded in the last 24 hours. With this, the total recoveries stand at 3,97,70,414.
During the same period, 15,69,449 tests were conducted, the Union health ministry apprised.
