<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, as many as 1,061 patients were discharged yesterday across the state, taking the number of the recovered cases to 34,005. The state reported 960 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours. This is the highest single-day surge in the state so far. With this, the total count of cases has gone up to 47,476.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the state Health department said that 19 patients died of Covid 19 yesterday taking the death toll to 2,127. Surat reported the highest number of 268 cases yesterday. With this, the total number of cases in the district rose to 9,973 while Ahmedabad reported 199 cases in the last 24 hours after which the district's tally has gone up to 24,163.<br />''<br />''However, the number of discharges in both the districts is also rising. Surat reported the highest 337 recoveries yesterday followed by Ahmedabad 169 and Rajkot 139.<br />''<br />''The state now has 11,344 active cases of Covid 19 and the condition of 75 patients is critical. Meanwhile, the Gujarat Foods and Drugs Control Authority (FDCA) has unearthed a racket in the manufacture and sale of fake Tocilizumab injections and seized machinery and raw material valued at Rs 8 lakh from a Surat premises. </span><br />