Gujarat on Saturday reported 1,026 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the count of infections to 2,34,289, the state health department said. With 7 more patients succumbing to the viral disease, the cumulative toll mounted to 4,227, it said. At 1,252, the number of recoveries exceeded the new cases in the day. The total count of recoveries has reached 2,17,935, it said, adding that the recovery rate now stands at 93.02 per cent. The state now has 12,127 active cases, it said. A total of 54,365 samples were tested in the last 24 hours in the state at the rate of 836.38 tests per day per million population, taking the total number of tests to 89,99,087.

Gujarat on Saturday reported 1,026 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking the count of infections to 2,34,289, the state health department said. With 7 more patients succumbing to the viral disease, the cumulative toll mounted to 4,227, it said. At 1,252, the number of recoveries exceeded the new cases in the day. The total count of recoveries has reached 2,17,935, it said, adding that the recovery rate now stands at 93.02 per cent. The state now has 12,127 active cases, it said. A total of 54,365 samples were tested in the last 24 hours in the state at the rate of 836.38 tests per day per million population, taking the total number of tests to 89,99,087.