Ahmedabad, Oct 20 (PTI) The number of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 1,61,848 after 1,126 new cases were reported on Tuesday, the state health department said.

The COVID-19 death toll in the state reached 3,654 after eight more patients succumbed to the virus, it added.

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1,128 patients were discharged on Tuesday, taking the total recovered cases in the state to 1,43,927.

The state's recovery rate thus increased to 88.93 per cent, it said.

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The number of new cases on Tuesday again exceeded 1,000 after dropping below it to 996 a day ago after nearly three months.

Gujarat's coronavirus figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,61,848, new cases 1,126, death toll 3,654, discharged 1,43,927, active cases 14,267, and people tested so far 54,79,536.

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