26 people of Covid-19 dies in single day in Ahmedabad hotspot, Gujarat

A record 26 people succumbed to the Covid-19 disease in hotspot Ahmedabad in Gujarat in a single day on Monday, taking the overall number of the fatalities in the district to 234, officials said.

The biggest city in Gujarat also reported 259 new coronavirus positive cases, which now accounts for 4,076 of the total 5,804 cases in the state.

With recovery of 87 more patients, the



total number of the people discharged from hospitals in the district rose to 620, according to the officials.

Ahmedabad had reported deaths of 23 Covid-19 patients on Sunday and 20 fatalities on Saturday.

"Of the 26 deceased, 14 suffered from no co-morbidies except the viral infection. The youngest of these patients, a 26-year-old woman, suffered from TB," an official release said.