875 new cases takes coronavirus tally of Gujarat breaches the 40,000-mark

With the highest single-day spike of 875 new cases, the coronavirus case tally in Gujarat breached the 40,000-mark on Friday, the health department said. The number of coronavirus cases in the state rose to 40,155, it said in a release. 14 COVID-19 patients died since previous evening, taking the death toll to 2,024. 441 persons were discharged from hospitals in the state, taking



the number of recovered coronavirus patients so far to 28,183. 

As many as 161 patients recovered in Ahmedabad district alone, followed by  118 in Surat and 21 in Patan. Of the total 875 new patients recorded across the state since Thursday evening, 269 were detected in Surat district -- 202 in Surat city and 67 from elsewhere in the district.