Gujarat reported its highest single-day increase in the number of coronavirus patients at 675 on Wednesday, taking the number of cases in the state to 33,318, the health department said. The death toll in the state due to the pandemic rose to 1,869 with 21 COVID-19 patients succumbing, it added. With 368 patients discharged from
hospitals, the number of recovered cases in Gujarat rose to 24,038.
Ahmedabad district reported 215 new cases, followed by Surat at 201. Surat district reported more than 200 cases for the first time. The tally of coronavirus cases in Ahmedabad district now stands at 21,128 and that in Surat at 5,030.