Gujarat reports 1,020 new cases of COVID-19 with 28 more deaths

The number of COVID-19 cases in Gujarat rose by 1,020 to 51,485 on Wednesday while fatalities went up by 28, including 19 in Surat, to 2,229 in the state, the health department said. A total of 837 patients were discharged in the day, taking the number of recovered cases to 37,240, leaving the state with 12,016 active



patients.

At 256, Surat reported the highest number of cases in the state in a day. Surat now has 11,128 cases while the death toll rose to 503, the health department said. With 196 new cases, the count in Ahmedabad district mounted to 24,963. Fatality count in the district went up to 1,560, it said.