ahmedabad in the 24 hours ending 5pm on monday gujarat added 996 new covid19 cases taking its total number to 16 lakh so far this was the lowest oneday tally of cases in 92 days for the state as the number of new cases fell below 1000 for the first time in 91 daysthe new cases included 227 from surat 178 from ahmedabad 112 from vadodara 83 from rajkot and 71 from jamnagar the total number of cases in surat crossed 34000 while the tallies for ahmedabad vadodara and rajkot reached 40473 14437 and 11636analysis of the cases reveals that the share of the five major districts ahmedabad surat vadodara rajkot and jamnagar remained at 67 with 671 cases indicating that the fall in cases is primarily outside the five districts from october 1 to 19 the state has seen its average daily case tally drop by 263the deaths of eight covid patients was reported in these 24 hours three each from ahmedabad and surat and two from vadodara taking the death toll so far to 3646 the death tolls of ahmedabad surat and vadodara reached 1876 822 and 206 respectivelysome 1147 patients were discharged in these 24 hours taking the total number of discharges in the state to 142 lakh the discharges included 257 from surat 190 from ahmedabad 114 from rajkot and 100 from vadodarathe number of active cases in the state reduced to 14277 the shares of active cases discharged and deceased patients are 89 888 and 23 respectivelyagainst the months daily average of 53083 tests gujarat in these 24 hours carried out 52372 tests the total number of tests carried out in gujarat is 5426 lakhiiphg to organize webinar on healthcare workers wellbeingahmedabad indian institute of public health gandhinagar iiphg in collaboration with unicef gujarat has organized a biweekly webinar on addressing safety and wellbeing of health care workers and continuity of essential health services during covid19 the webinars to be launched on october 20 is aimed at medical and paramedical staff from government and private sector and academic institutions