Gujarat on Saturday reported 890 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the count of infections to 2,40,995, the state health department said.
With seven more persons succumbing to the viral disease, including four in Ahmedabad and one each in Mehsana,
Rajkot and Surat, the overall death toll in the state mounted to 4,275, it said.
A total of 1,002 patients were discharged after treatment in Gujarat during the day, taking the cumulative number of recoveries to 2,26,208, the department said in a release.
Gujarat's COVID-19 case recovery rate has improved to 93.86 per cent, the department said.
With 53,539 new tests conducted in the last 24 hours, the total number of the tests conducted in Gujarat went up to 93,84,030, the release added.
Ahmedabad recorded 185 new cases, followed by Surat 164, and Vadodara 139.
Among other districts, Rajkot recorded 78 new cases, while Gandhinagar and Kutch added 29 cases each, Mehsana 24, Dahod and Bhavnagar 22 each, Bharuch 20, Kheda 19, Panchmahal and Junagadh 17 each, Patan 14, Surendranagar and Jamnagar 13 each, Sabarkantha 12, etc.
Gujarat now has 10,512 active cases.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 2,40,995, new cases 890, deaths 4,275, active cases 10,512 and people tested so far 93,84,030.
In the Union Territory of Daman, Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, one new COVID-19 case and two recoveries were reported on Saturday.
The UT's overall caseload has reached 3,342 while the tally of recoveries stood at 3,331, officials said, adding that the cumulative death toll stood at two.
The number of new tests and that of total tests conducted in the UT was not available.The UT has nine active cases.