Gujarat COVID-19 cases up by 367 to 1743; death toll 63

Gujarat on Sunday reported the highest single-day spike of 367 in COVID-19 cases, with Ahmedabad alone accounting for 239 new detections, a Health department official said.

With this, the number of the infected people in the state shot up to 1743, while the death toll rose by 10 to 63.

On Saturday, 280 new cases were reported with 12 deaths.

With 239 new cases and seven deaths, the tally of COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad district now stands at 1,101 and the number of the victims at 32, the official said.

At the same time, 12 more patients were discharged after recovering from COVID-19 disease, taking their number to 105.

"Gujarat tested 3002 samples in the last 24 hours, of which 367 returned positive. So far, the state tested a total of 29,104 samples," said Principal Secretary (Health) Jayanti Ravi.

Of the ten deaths on Sunday, seven were reported from Ahmedabad alone, she said, adding that Surat, Bharuch and Anand each reported one death.

All but one of the ten deceased .