Surat: Surat city registered 631 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths on Friday. According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), the deceased included a 36-year-old man from Sarthana, a 33-year-old man from Anand Mahal Road, a 43-year-old woman from Punagam and a 47-year-old woman from Parvat Patiya among others.
Rander zone recorded highest daily cases with 174, while the lowest number of cases were recorded in Limbayat zone (40) on Friday. The central and Udhna zones 43 cases each.
According to SMC officials, as on Friday, 44,230 people were under home quarantine and 2,207 patients were under treatment in different Covid-19 hospitals of the city.
Against 631 new Covid-19 cases, 1,410 patients were discharged from different hospitals in the city. As infection cases are declining, bed occupancy in SMIMER hospital was 21% while that in New Civil Hospital was 28% as on Friday.