With 362 new cases detected on Tuesday, Gujarat saw its total of coronavirus cases reached 8, 904 while 24 more deaths took the toll to 537.
However, 466 cured patients were discharged on Tuesday, the maximum number of positive patients discharged so far.
Out of the 362 cases recorded on Tuesday, Ahmedabad continued to lead with 267.
Surat was a distant second with 30, Vadodara with 27, Mahesana with 7, Kutch with 6, Gir - Somnath with 5, Gandhinagar, Kheda and Chotta Udepur with three each, Bhavnagar, Mahisagar and Patan with two each, and Jamnagar, Sabarkantha, Aravalli, Bharuch and Devbhumi Dwarka with one each.
The Corona outbreak has gripped 32 out of the total 33 districts.
Only Amreli has so far evaded the pandemic.
Gujarat's death toll is also a worry for the health authorities.
Since the first day of May, the state is reporting over 20 deaths daily.
A total of 323 people have succumbed to the virus during these 12 days.
Tuesday saw yet another 24 patients succumbing to the dreaded virus, out of which Ahmedabad accounted for the highest with 21 (13 males, 8 females).
One male each from Rajkot, Surat and Vadodara also succumbed to the virus.
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