India News | 498 New Coronavirus Patients in Gujarat, 29 Deaths

Ahmedabad, Jun 6 (PTI) 498 new coronavirus patients were detected in Gujarat on Saturday, taking the number of cases in the state to 19,617, while the death of 29 COVID-19 patients took the toll to 1,219, state health department said.

The number of recovered cases also rose to 13,324 with 313 more patients getting discharged from hospitals, it said.

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With this, there are 5,074 active cases in Gujarat.

As many as 61 patients are on ventilator, the statement said.

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The state has so far tested 2,45,606 samples.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 19,617, new cases 498, deaths 1,219, discharged 13,324, active cases 5,074 and people tested so far 2,45,606.

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