919 new COVID-19 cases, 7 deaths in Gujarat

Gujarat reported 919 new coronavirus positive cases on Sunday, taking the overall infection count in the state to 1,67,173, the health department said.

This is the second time within a week the number of single-day new cases came down to three digits.

On October 19, the state had reported 996 cases, dropping below the 1,000-mark for the first time in nearly three months.

With the death of seven more COVID-19 patients on Sunday, the number of fatalities rose to 3,689, the department said in a



release.

A total of 963 patients recovered from the infection during the day, taking the count of patients discharged from hospitals in the state to 1,49,548, it said.

With this, the state''s recovery rate further improved to 89.46 per cent.

A total of 51,370 tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours, which pushed the test count further to 57,42,742.

Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,67,173, new cases 919, deaths 3,689, discharged 1,49,548, active cases 13,936 and people tested so far 57,42,742.