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.
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Surat: The coronavirus claimed the lives of seven person, including three women and infected 603 others in Surat city on Monday. On Sunday, eight patients had died due to the virus.
According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), the city reported 603 fresh Covid-19 cases on Monday, which was the second highest in the state after Ahmedabad, taking the case tally to 52,878 in the Diamond City. The Covid-19 ‘hotspot’ Athwa zone continued to report the highest number of daily infections with 107 cases, followed by 87 in Rander and 80 in Limbayat zone.
The patients who died due to Covid-19 infection included a 26-year-old woman from Udhna, a 70-year-old man from Adajan Patiya, a 75-year-old man from Varachha, a 64-year-old woman from Parvat Patiya, a 73-year-old man from Nana Varachha, a 53-year-old woman from Piplod and a 65-year-old man from Jahangirabad.