Highest single-day spike of 778 cases of COVID-19 in Gujarat

Gujarat reported its highest-ever single-day spike of 778 coronavirus positive cases on Tuesday, taking the tally to 37,636, while 17 more patients succumbed to the infection, five of them in Ahmedabad, the state health department said. The state reported the deaths of 17 more COVID-19 patients, raising the fatalities



to 1,979. 

Also, 421 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered cases in Gujarat to 26,744, the department said in a release. Surat continued to report the highest number of new coronavirus cases among districts in Gujarat, with 249 fresh infections on Tuesday.