Regional deputy director, health, Dr Khasgiwala said on Monday that 45 patients were being treated at the New Civil Hospital, Surat, while another 23 were being treated at the Navsari Civil hospital and 12 at the Valsad Civil hospital.

Of the deaths that have occurred so far, six were in Surat, three in Navsari and one in Valsad, the office of the RDD added.

Meanwhile, as a leptospirosis awareness measure, a `Jivan Yatra' of health officials and volunteers will tour Mahuva and Vyara talukas -- the two worst affected in Surat district -- on Tuesday. Eighteen teams, including doctors, nurses, student nurses and anganwadi health workers, will cover as many villages of the two talukas as possible, a health department release added.