RAJKOT: Three more deaths due to Covid-19 were reported in Rajkot city on Saturday even as the number of fresh infections continued to witness a downward trend.
According to Rajkot Municipal Corporation (RMC), 716 people tested positive in the city on Saturday against 958 on Friday and 1,008 on Thursday.
Total 302 people tested positive in Jamnagar district.
In Bhavnagar district, five people died of Covid during the treatment while 230 new cases were reported on Saturday. According to doctors, those who died were suffering from comorbidities and some of them had reported to the hospital at the last stage. The doctors advised people with comorbidities to immediately consult doctors in case of Covid-19 like symptoms.
In 24 hours ending 5 pm on Saturday, Gujarat added 11,794 new positive cases, taking the total to 11.44 lakh. The state’s death toll increased to 10,408 with 33 more deaths — seven in Ahmedabad city, four from Bhavnagar city, three each in Vadodara and Rajkot cities, two each in Surat city, Anand, Valsad, and one each from Kheda, Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar and Botad districts
During the same period, Gujarat vaccinated 73,808 persons for the first dose and 73,044 for the second. In all, 5.11 crore have been administered first and 4.51 crore second dose of Covid vaccine.
