Ahmedabad, Jun 26 (PTI) With the addition of 219 new COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district of Gujarat in the last 24 hours, its tally of patients crossed the 20,000-mark on Friday, the state health department said.

The number of cases in the district now stands at 20,058, it said.

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The death of eight patients in the last 24 hours took the death toll in the district to 1,398, the department said in a statement.

According to it, 210 patients undergoing treatment at different hospitals recovered from the infection and were given discharge in the last 24 hours.

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