India News | COVID-19: 178 Cases, 3 Deaths in Ahmedabad; 190 Discharged
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The overall COVID-19 count of Ahmedabad rose to 40,388 with the addition of 178 new cases on Monday, while three deaths in the district's city limits took the toll to 1,892, an official said.
Ahmedabad, Oct 19 (PTI) The overall COVID-19 count of Ahmedabad rose to 40,388 with the addition of 178 new cases on Monday, while three deaths in the district's city limits took the toll to 1,892, an official said.
As many as 190 people were discharged post recovery, taking the count of such cases to 35,030.
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"While the city reported160 new cases and 168 recoveries, the rural parts reported 18 new cases and 22 recoveries," an official said.
The numberof micro containment areas in Ahmedabad city stood at 108, with the addition of 10 and removal of 11 such areas, the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation said.
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As per the COVID-19 bulletin released by the AMC on Monday afternoon, the city's north-west zone has the highest number of active cases at 517, followed by south-west zone with 493 cases and 491 in west zone.
With 18 new cases, the total number of COVID-19 cases in rural Ahmedabad rose to 2,789, while the discharge of 22 people took the number of those recovered to 2,682, an official said.
The recovery rate in rural Ahmedabad stands at 96 per cent.
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