Gujarat logs 1,515 new COVID-19 cases

Gujarat recorded its highest single-day spike of 1,515 coronavirus cases on Saturday, taking the caseload to 1,95,917, the state health department said.

The previous record increase in infections in the state was 1,442, reported on September 25. Since then, the numbers were falling, going below 900-mark before the recent



rise.

With the death of nine patients on Saturday, the COVID-19 fatalities in the state rose to 3,846, the department said.

At the same time, a total of 1,271 patients were discharged. It took the number of recovered cases to 1,78,786.

With a surge in new daily cases, the state's COVID-19 recovery rate has come down to 91.26 per cent.