Gandhinagar, Feb 4 (IANS): Covid-19 claimed 34 lives in Gujarat on Thursday, taking the states overall death toll to 10,579, while 7,606 new cases mounted its infection tally to 11,85,537 till date.

While the number of fresh cases has been dipping in the state, the death toll remains high with as many as 402 persons succumbing to the virus in the past 16 days.

After reporting 299 deaths from January 19 to 31, the state has recorded 103 fatalities in just three days of February.

Ahmedabad reported the most number of deaths on Thursday at 10, followed by Surat (6), Vadodara (4), Bharuch (3), Rajkot, Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar (2 each), and Jamnagar, Panchmahals, Morbi, Valsad and Kheda (1 each).

Of the 7,606 fresh cases reported on Thursday, Ahmedabad led the chart with 3,165 infections, followed by Vadodara (1,413), Gandhinagar (525), Rajkot (410), Surat (389), Mehsana (230), Anand (151), Banaskantha (149), Patan (128), Kheda (123), Bharuch (116), and Kutch (111), among others.

The state currently has 63,564 active cases, out of which 63,298 are stable while 266 persons are on ventilator support.

A total of 13,195 patients were discharged on Thursday, taking the total number of recoveries till now to 11,11,394.

Over 3.87 lakh doses of covid vaccines were administered on Thursday, taking the statewide total to above 9.90 crore.