While virus slackens grip on Surat, case tally reaches 12,705

Surat: Covid-19 cases have been going south for the past one week. In what comes as a big relief for the citizens as well as the administration, the city has been reporting less than 200 cases daily, a trend that didn’t buck even on Sunday with 178 fresh cases only.
Meanwhile, five more Covid-19 patients succumbed to the virus taking the death toll in the city to 545.
According to Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) officials, highest cases were reported from Katargam zone with 35, followed by 29 in Athwa, 27 in Central, 20 each in Varachha (A) and Rander, 19 in Varachha (B), 15 in Udhna and 13 reported in Limbayat .
The rate of recovery also improves with 105 patients discharged on Sunday, taking the total number of recovered patients in the city to 9,407.
Surat rural reported 44 fresh Covid-19 cases on Sunday taking the total cases to 3,105 in the district.