The COVID-19 case count inAhmedabad rose to 8,144 on Saturday after detection of 973 new patients in the district, including 709 "super spreaders", a state Health official said.The death toll due to COVID-19 mounted to 493 with 14 more patients succumbing to the viral infection, the official said.A total of 163 patients were discharged from hospitals in Ahmedabad, taking the total number of the recovered cases to 2,545.
