<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the number of Covid-19 cases has reached 33,999 with 681 new cases reported during the last 24 hours. 19 patients have lost their lives taking the total death due to Covid-19 in the state up to 1,888.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, Gujarat has recorded 681 new cases during the last 24 hours. Maximum 202 cases reported from Ahmedabad city, while Surat recorded 191 new cases.  According to official sources, out of 7510 active cases in the state, conditions of 68 patients are critical and they are on ventilator. 563 patients have been discharged from the various hospitals after recovery during the last 24 hours. With this, the total patients recovered from the Covid-19 have gone up to 24601. More than 3 lakh 88 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, an Expert group of Doctors constituted to advise the government on Covid19 had held a meeting with Chief Minister Vijay Rupani yesterday. They suggested short term and long term steps for removing psychological fear from people's mind and controlling infections. </span><br />