The COVID-19 case count in
Ahmedabad 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.
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