AHMEDABAD : With the single-day spike of 1,068 new COVID-19 cases, Gujarat's tally of patients breached the 53,000-mark on Friday, the state health department said.This is the second highest one-day rise in cases in the state.With this, the number of patients now stands at 53,631, the department said in a statement.Twenty-six persons died due to the infection across the state, taking the fatality count to 2,283, it added.A total of 872 patients were discharged from hospitals following recovery, which pushed the number of recovered persons to 38,830, it said.Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 53,631, new cases 1,068, deaths 2,283, discharged 38,830, active cases 12,518 and people tested so far 6,06,718.