Ahmedabad, Sep 5 (PTI) Coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 1,03,006 on Saturday with 1,311 new patients coming to light, the state health department said.

With 16 new fatalities, the COVID-19 death toll in the state reached 3,094, it said.

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At the same time, 1,148 patients were discharged, raising the number of recovered cases to 83,546, the department said in its release.

With this, the state has achieved a recovery rate of 81.11 per cent, it said.

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72,751 coronavirus tests were conducted in Gujarat since Friday evening at the rate of 1,119.24 tests per day per million population, it said.

A total of 27,08,120 samples have been tested in the state so far.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 1,03,006, New cases 1,311, Death toll 3,094, Discharged 83,546, Active cases 16,366 and people tested so far 27,08,120.

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