AHMEDABAD: After 26 days, Gujarat got a reason to heave a singh of relief as 9,995 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the state on Friday. This is the lowest daily tally in 27 days. On April 17, the state had recorded 9,541 cases. Gujarat recorded 104 deaths on Friday compared to 97 on April 17.
While it may be too early to cheer, state officials said it was definitely a reason to get releived as the figures suggest that the state may have tided over the peak of the second wave after all.
The analysis of Covid cases however presented a contrasting picture for the cities and rest of Gujarat – the eight municipal corporation areas in the past 10 days recorded 61,346 positive cases, which were 31.5% down from 89,543 cases recorded in its previous 10 days (April 25-May 4). During the same period, the rest of Gujarat reported a rise of 8.8% in cases – from 49,192 to 53,530 cases.
For Ahmedabad city, it was 29 day lowest daily tally at 2,764, whereas for Surat, it was 37- day lowest.
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