Coronavirus pandemic | Three Gujarat districts report zero COVID-19 cases

There are three out of 33 districts in Gujarat that have not reported even a single coronavirus case.

Moneycontrol News

April 29, 2020 / 04:20 PM IST

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Amid the coronavirus pandemic that has hit the country, Gujarat has reported 3,774 COVID-19 cases, according to the official website of the state’s Health and Family Welfare Department.

Ahmedabad tops the chart in the state with 2,543 cases, followed by Surat (570) and Vadodara (255). These three districts account for nearly 90 percent of the total coronavirus positive cases in Gujarat.

Apart from these three, districts of Anand (60), Rajkot (55), Bhavnagar (41), Gandhinagar (36), Bharuch (31), Banaskantha (28), Panchmahal (20), Botad (19), Aravalli (18), Patan (17), Chhota Udaipur (13), Narmada (12) and Mahisagar (10) have reported cases in double digits.

However, there are three out of 33 districts in Gujarat that have not reported even a single coronavirus case. These districts are Amreli, Devbhoomi Dwarka and Junagadh, according to the state health department data.

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