Gujarat: Recovery rate of Covid-19 patients improves to 41.62 percent

In Gujarat, the rate of recovery of COVID-19 patients has improved to 41.62 percent. State Health Department said with 176 patients discharged from hospitals yesterday, the total number of patients recovered from Covid-19 has risen to 5,219. The state reported 398 new cases and 30 deaths yesterday. The total number of Covid-19 cases in the state has risen to 12, 539 yesterday.

At present there are 6,571 patients undergoing treatment for Covid 19 in the different hospitals across the state of which 47 are critical. The situation in the Ahmedabad remains alarming. As many as 602 patients succumbed to the virus in the Ahmedabad district so far. The total



number of cases in Ahmedabad rose to  9217 yesterday. Public life in non-containment zone is being normalized with the opening of shops, markets, and transport service.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani sought people’ support in the fight against Covid-19 by launching ‘I am also a Corona Warrior’ campaign . The weeklong campaign which will commence from today is aimed at making people aware about three basic rules to fight coronavirus  such as children and elderly citizens should remain indoors, not venturing out without mask and always maintaining social distancing.