Gandhinagar, Oct 17 : Gujarat on Friday registered 1,191 coronavirus cases, taking its tally to 1,57,474, while the death toll also climbed up to 3,620 with 11 new deaths.
In October so far, the state has added 18,899 cases with an average of 1,181 daily.
A total of 1,279 patients were discharged, taking the total to 1,39,149, while there are currently 14,705 active cases, out of which 92 critical patients are still on ventilator.
Surat again led with 268 cases, Ahmedabad recorded 189, Vadodara 125, Rajkot 111 and Jamnagar 74.
Gandhinagar had 47 cases, Mehsana 37, Junagadh 28, Patan 27, Amreli 25, Kutch 23, Panchmahals 22, Banaskantha 21, Sabarkantha and Surendranagar 19 each, Morbi and Narmada 18 each, Anand and Kheda 15 each, Bhavnagar 13, Bharuch, Gir-Somnath, and Mahisagar 11 each, Dahod and Devbhumi Dwarka nine each, Chotta Udepur and Navsari five each, Botad four, Aravalli, Tapi, and Porbandar three each, Valsad two and Dangs one.
Three deaths each were reported from Ahmedabad and Surat, and one each from Vadodara, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Banaskantha and Panchmahals.
The total number of coronavirus deaths in Ahmedabad have reached 1,866, while 821 have died in Surat, 202 in Vadodara, 152 in Rajkot, 85 in Gandhinagar, and 67 in Bhavnagar.
Health authorities have so far conducted 52,69,542 RT-PCR tests, while 5,51,411 people are in quarantine, including 275 in government facilities.
--IANS
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Source: IANS
