Gujarat: Surat city reports 209 fresh Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths

Vijaysinh Parmar / TNN / Aug 2, 2020, 22:04 IST

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Surat reported 209 fresh cases of Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the city's tally to 11399. The city also witnessed seven coronavirus-related deaths that pushed the toll to 504.

Gujarat: Surat city reports 209 fresh Covid-19 cases, 7 deaths

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SURAT: Surat reported 209 fresh cases of Covid-19 cases on Sunday, taking the city's tally to 11399. The city also witnessed seven coronavirus-related deaths that pushed the toll to 504.
"City's posh Athwa zone reported highest Covid-19 cases at 50 followed by 38 in Rander,30 in Katargam, 23 in Udhan, 20 in Varachha (A) and 17 in Central Zone," Surat Municipal Corporation officials said.

SMC's enforcement team also collected Rs 38,323 as penalty from 165 people for not wearing mask, not following social distancing and not keeping hand sanitizers at shops on Sunday. SMC has so far collected Rs 1.01 crore as penalty from people till now.
Meanwhile, Surat rural reported 28 fresh Covid-19 cases and five deaths during the past 24 hours.
On Sunday, 189 Covid-19 patients were also discharged from various hospitals in the city.

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Vijaysinh Parmar

Vijaysinh Parmar is principal correspondent at The Times of India, Rajkot, and reports on the Saurashtra and Kutch regions. Apart from regular assignments in Rajkot, he travels extensively in rural area to report on the "other Gujarat". He reported on the drinking water crisis in interiors of the state in 2008, forcing the government to swing into action. He has also reported on the practice of untouchability still prevalent in parts of Gujarat.

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