India News | Ahmedabad Records 325 New COVID-19 Cases; Eight More Deaths
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. With the addition of 325 new cases of COVID-19, the tally of infections in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district reached 50,734 on Wednesday, an official from the state health department said.
Ahmedabad, Dec 2 (PTI) With the addition of 325 new cases of COVID-19, the tally of infections in Gujarat's Ahmedabad district reached 50,734 on Wednesday, an official from the state health department said.
The toll in the district rose to 2,078 after eight patients died of the infection, the official said.
As many as 330 patients were discharged from various hospitals, raising the count of recoveries to 45,490, he said.
While Ahmedabad city reported 302 new cases and 309 recoveries, 23 new infections and 21 recoveries were recorded in the rural parts of the district, the official said.
Of the city's seven zones, the north-west zone has 491 active cases, which is the highest, followed by the west zone with 462 cases, south-west zone with 447 cases, among others.
At 280, the central zone has the lowest number of active cases, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation stated.
After a new revision, the number of micro-containment areas in Ahmedabad city stands at 300, the AMC said.
As many as 11 such areas were removed and 10 were added after new cases were detected there, it said.
In private hospitals requisitioned for the treatment of COVID-19 cases, the bed occupancy has improved to 85 per cent after addition of beds and opening of new COVID care centres.
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