Gujarat reported 9,541 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily rise so far, which took its caseload to 3,94,221, the health department said. For the first time since the pandemic began, the one- day rise in cases crossed the 9,000-mark in the state. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,267 after 97 more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period. 3,783 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 3,33,554. The number of active cases crosses 55,000-mark. At present, Gujarat has 55,398 active COVID-19 cases, of which, 304 patients are on ventilator. The first dose of vaccine has been given to 88,08,994 persons and the second dose has been given to 13,61,550 persons. A total of 1,01,70,544 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 84.61 percent, it said.

Gujarat reported 9,541 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday, the highest daily rise so far, which took its caseload to 3,94,221, the health department said. For the first time since the pandemic began, the one- day rise in cases crossed the 9,000-mark in the state. The death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 5,267 after 97 more persons succumbed to the infection during the same period. 3,783 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of recovered cases in the state to 3,33,554. The number of active cases crosses 55,000-mark. At present, Gujarat has 55,398 active COVID-19 cases, of which, 304 patients are on ventilator. The first dose of vaccine has been given to 88,08,994 persons and the second dose has been given to 13,61,550 persons. A total of 1,01,70,544 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 84.61 percent, it said.