Gujarat reported 4021 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily rise so far, which took its caseload to 3,32,474, the health department said. For the first time since the pandemic began, the one- day rise in cases crossed the 4,000-mark in the state. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,655 after 35 more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period. 2197 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 3,07,346. The number of active cases crosses 20,000-mark. At present, Gujarat has 20,473 active COVID-19 cases, of which, 182 patients are on ventilator. The first dose of vaccine has been given to 74,04,864 persons and the second dose has been given to 9,27,976 persons. A total of 83,32,840 persons have been vaccinated so far. There has been no case of adverse reaction or side-effects of Covid-19 vaccine in the State so far. The state's recovery rate stood at 92.44 percent, it said.

Gujarat reported 4021 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday, the highest daily rise so far, which took its caseload to 3,32,474, the health department said. For the first time since the pandemic began, the one- day rise in cases crossed the 4,000-mark in the state. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 4,655 after 35 more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period. 2197 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 3,07,346. The number of active cases crosses 20,000-mark. At present, Gujarat has 20,473 active COVID-19 cases, of which, 182 patients are on ventilator. The first dose of vaccine has been given to 74,04,864 persons and the second dose has been given to 9,27,976 persons. A total of 83,32,840 persons have been vaccinated so far. There has been no case of adverse reaction or side-effects of Covid-19 vaccine in the State so far. The state's recovery rate stood at 92.44 percent, it said.