<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the number of coronavirus cases crossed the 50,000-mark. The state reported 1026 cases in the last 24 hours which is the highest one-day spike till date. State health department said 34 patients succumbed to the virus yesterday taking the death toll to 2,201.<br />''<br />''This was for the first time the state reported 1000 plus covid cases in a day. Surat reported the highest 298 cases yesterday followed by Ahmedabad 199, Vadodara 75 and Rajkot 58.<br />''<br />''With this the total number of cases in Surat crossed 10,000 mark. As many as 744 coronavirus patients were discharged from hospitals in the state in the last 24 hours following which the recovered cases increased to 36,403.<br />''<br />''Currently, there are 11,861 active cases in the state and the condition of 82 of these patients is critical. </span><br />