AHMEDABAD: Gujarat in 24 hours added 9,395 new Covid cases, a drop of 20% compared to 11,794 cases on Saturday. The state recorded below 10,000 daily Covid cases after 14 days.
For, Ahmedabad, it was 14-day low at 3,582 as the daily cases have halved in eight days. Out of the total daily cases in state, 70% were from eight major cities. The mortality however remained high at 30 – 60%. As 18 deaths were recorded from five cities including 8 from Ahmedabad.
The test positivity rate (TPR) for Gujarat on Saturday was 8.7% — one of the lowest in the past fortnight. According to MoHFW data, 10 out of 33 districts in Gujarat had weekly TPR of over 10% with Vadodara topping at 31.5%.
Gujarat in 24 hours vaccinated 25,156 persons for the first dose and 45,357 for the second. In all, 5.11 crore are administered first and 4.52 crore second dose of vaccine.
