AHMEDABAD: Gujarat recorded 122 new Covid cases, taking the total count to 8.23 lakh on Saturday.
Of the new cases, 52% were from three districts – 24 from Surat, 21 from Vadodara, and 19 from Ahmedabad.
Of the 33 districts and eight municipal corporations, 12 recorded zero new cases, whereas 23 recorded five or less cases, taking active cases down to 3,883.
Only Ahmedabad and Surat districts now have more than 1,000 active cases, as number of hospitalized patients dropped in both government and private-run hospitals.
After the high of 4.48 lakh total vaccinations on June 23, daily vaccination numbers came down to 3.77 lakh on Saturday, recording a 16% drop in three days.
Sources said that some of the centres ran into issues of vaccine stock.
The health department officials however said that the state has adequate stock for the drive to inoculate maximum population in 18-44 years age bracket.
Ahd, Surat, Vadodara account for 1/2 of new Covid cases
