Gujarat reported 8,152 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily rise so far, which took its caseload to 3,75,768, the health department said. For the first time since the pandemic began, the one- day rise in cases crossed the 8,000-mark in the state. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,076 after 81 more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period. 3,023 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 3,26,394. The number of active cases crosses 44,000-mark. At present, Gujarat has 44,298 active COVID-19 cases, of which, 267 patients are on ventilator. The first dose of vaccine has been given to 86,29,022 persons and the second dose has been given to 12,53,033 persons. A total of 98,82,055 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 86.86 percent, it said.

Gujarat reported 8,152 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily rise so far, which took its caseload to 3,75,768, the health department said. For the first time since the pandemic began, the one- day rise in cases crossed the 8,000-mark in the state. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,076 after 81 more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period. 3,023 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 3,26,394. The number of active cases crosses 44,000-mark. At present, Gujarat has 44,298 active COVID-19 cases, of which, 267 patients are on ventilator. The first dose of vaccine has been given to 86,29,022 persons and the second dose has been given to 12,53,033 persons. A total of 98,82,055 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 86.86 percent, it said.