Ahmedabad, Jul 26 (PTI) Gujarat on Sunday saw the highest single-day spike of 1,110 new COVID-19 cases, taking the state tally to 55,822, the Health department said.

With 21 more patients succumbing to the infection, the toll went up to 2,326, it said.

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The number of recovered cases rose to 40,365 with 753 patients being discharged during the day. The recovery rate in the state now stands at 72.31 per cent.

A total of 21,708 tests were conducted in the day, taking the total count in the state so far to 6,42,370.

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