Gandhinagar: Gujarat reported a total of 176 new cases of novel coronavirus cases in the last 12 hours taking the total COVID-19 cases in the state to 1,272, state health department said on Saturday.
Ahmedabad alone reported 143 fresh cases of the virus.
The remaining new cases were reported from Surat (13), Vadodara (13), Rajkot(2), Bhavnagar (2) and one each from Anand, Bharuch and Panchmahal.
7 more people COVID-19 linked deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the toll in Gujarat climbed to 48. A total of 88 people have been cured and discharged from hospitals in the state.
At the same time, the number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country increased to 480 on Saturday while the cases of infection increased to 14,378. The Union Health Ministry said that 11,906 people have been infected with Covid-19 in the country while 1,991 have been cured after treatment. He has been discharged from hospitals. A person has gone abroad. 76 foreign nationals are also involved in these cases.
