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.