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Gujarat has the second highest number of coronavirus disease cases in the country after Maharastra. According to the update from the Union Ministry of Health on Thursday, the number of cases in the state is 9,267.
According to the Ministry of Health, more than 500 (566 to be exact) have died from the disease in the state and the number of cured / discharged patients is 3,562.
Gujarat Prime Minister Vijay Rupani announced the formation of an expert committee, led by former Union Finance Secretary Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, to address the Covid-19 situation in the state.
The committee will provide comprehensive recommendations to the Gujarat government for post-Covid-19 economic revival in the state, according to the Office of the Chief Minister (CMO).
Three hundred and sixty-four new cases of Covid-19 were reported in Gujarat on Wednesday. Twenty-four people died of the disease on Wednesday.
Among the 16 districts where new cases were found, Ahmedabad reported 292, Surat 23, and Vadodara 18. The coronavirus case count in Ahmedabad increased to 6,645.
In Surat and Vadodara, it increased to 967 and 592, respectively.
The number of Covid-19 related deaths in Ahmedabad increased to 446, and that in Surat to 43.
As many as 1.22,297 samples were analyzed in the state as of Wednesday, 2,760 in the past 24 hours, state health authorities said.
The Amreli district recorded its first coronavirus case on Wednesday. The pandemic, therefore, has now spread to all 33 Gujarat districts.
In addition to Ahmedabad, Vadodara and Surat, the districts with the highest number of cases in Gujarat are Gandhinagar (142), Bhavnagar (100), Banaskantha (82), Anand (80), Aravalli (76), Mehsana (67), Rajkot ( 66), Botad (56).
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