Ahmedabad, May 31 (PTI) Gujarat on Sunday reported 438 new coronavirus cases and 31 deaths, taking the total case tally to 16,794 and the number of fatalities to 1,038, a Health department official said.

A total of 689 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the total number of the recovered patients to 9,919, the official said.

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The number of the active cases in the state now stands at 5,837 of which 61 patients are on ventilators.

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