The new cases include 299 from Surat district, 163 from Ahmedabad, 92 from Vadodara and 72 from Rajkot. Vadodara crossed 4,100 and Rajkot 1,400 cases with the update.
With 1110 fresh Covid-19 cases recorded in Gujarat within a single day/24 hours, cumulative tally is now 55,822.
A total of 753 patients got discharged in 24 hours, taking the total number to 40,365. The discharges include 168 from Ahmedabad, 147 from Surat, 57 from Rajkot and 34 from Vadodara.
With the update, the state now has 13,131 active patients, which consists of 23.5% of the total Covid-19 patients so far. The share of deceased and discharged patients is 4.2% and 72.3% respectively. As of Sunday evening, Gujarat has 85 patients on ventilator.
Gujarat carried out a record 21,708 tests in 24 hours, taking the total number to 6.42 lakh. The state health department claims that daily 334 persons per million are getting tested. As on Sunday evening, Gujarat had 3.64 lakh persons under quarantine, out of which 3.62 lakh were under home quarantine.
Analysis of the figures reveals that compared to July 7, the state has recorded 42% rise in daily cases.
In July, the state recorded cases between 601 and 700 for three days, 701 and 800 for five days, 801 and 900 for four days, and between 901 and 1,000 for eight days before climbing to 1,000-plus cases for the past six days.
The state also recorded deaths of 21 patients, taking the death toll to 2,326. The deaths include 12 from Surat, three from Ahmedabad, two from Vadodara and one each from Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Morbi and Rajkot.
