[Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad (file)]
Gandhinagar: Within a week of a 67-year-old male from Surat succumbing to coronavirus last Sunday, the deadly virus claimed one more life in the state on Saturday after an Ahmedabad woman died due to coronavirus, taking the total death toll to 04.
The virus has infected another 50 people.
The woman (46) didn't have any travel history, thus she was infected locally, health officials said.
The Ahmedabad woman was suffering from hypertension and diabetes and was on ventilator, and was admitted to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (SVP) Hospital on March 26.
Gujarat also recorded 06 new positive cases on Saturday taking the total tally to 54, including 04 deaths.
Out of the 54 cases, 18 cases have been reported from Ahmedabad, whereas Vadodara has reported 09 cases, Rajkot and Gandhinagar 08 each.
This is followed by Surat with 07 cases and 01 each in Bhavnagar, Mahesana and Kutch.
With the Ahmedabad woman dying of Covid-19, Gujarat is number one in India along with Maharashtra with 04 deaths.
What is more shocking is that while Maharashtra has 162 COVID-19 positive cases, Gujarat has only 54.
Overall in India, close to 900 people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus. The country has reported 21 deaths due to the virus, according to the latest update on Saturday.
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