490 new COVID-19 cases in Gujarat

With the addition of 490 coronavirus positive cases on Wednesday, Gujarat's infection count increased to 2,57,342, the state health department said.

As the virus claimed the lives of two patients during the day, the death toll went up to



4,371, it said.

A total of 707 patients were discharged on Wednesday, which pushed the state's recovery count to 2,47,223, the department said in a release.

With this, the state's recovery rate improved to 96.07 per cent, it said.