Ahmedabad, Dec 8 (PTI) With 1,325 new COVID-19 cases, Gujarat's tally rose to 2,21,493 on Tuesday, the state health department said.

As many as 15 more patients succumbed to COVID-19, raising the statewide fatalities to 4,110, it said.

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Recoveries continued to outnumber new cases with 1,531 more patients getting discharged from hospitals during the day, said the department in a release.

This took the number of recovered cases to 2,03,111, said the release.

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With this, the recovery rate in the state stands at 91.70 per cent, it said.

There are now 14,272 active cases in Gujarat.

As many as 60,875 COVID-19 tests were conducted in Gujarat on Tuesday, taking the count of samples examined so far to 83,71,433.

Gujarat COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 2,21,493, new cases 1,325, deaths 4,110, active cases 14,272, recoveries 2,03,111, people tested so far 83,71,433.

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