Gujarat records over 24,000 fresh covid cases in a day; Active cases above 1 lakh

Gandhinagar: Gujarat has recorded 24,485 fresh cases of covid-19 in a day against recovery of 10,310 patients and deaths of 13 in a day. There are now over one lakh active covid patients in the State with the latest figure at 1,04,888.

Fresh cases reported in cities today: Ahmedabad 9837, Surat 2981, Vadodara 2823, Rajkot 1333, Bhavnagar 529, Gandhinagar 509, Jamnagar 471, Junagadh 129.

Among top five districts with highest number of fresh cases reported today are: Surat 728, Anand 558, Valsad 446, Bharuch 408 and Vadodara 371, followed by Mahesana 354, Kutch 346, Navsari 297, Gandhinagar 225, Morbi 206, Rajkot 188, Patan 180, Banaskantha 174, Surendranagar 156, Amreli 128, Jamnagar 128, Ahmedabad 120 among others.

Over 2.47 lakh vaccine doses were administered in a day, taking the statewide total above 9.58 crore so far.