NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MAY 20
Gujarat added 4,773 COVID-19 cases and 64 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking its tally to 7,76,220 and fatality count to 9,404, the health department said on Thursday.
Gujarat Govt declares Mucormycosis a notifiable disease under Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 wherein all Govt & Pvt health facilities will require to follow @MoHFW_INDIA & @ICMRDELHI guideline for screening, diagnosis, treatment and to report all suspected & confirmed cases to GoI.
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) May 20, 2021
The state has been witnessing a drop in coronavirus cases over the last one week.
From a little over 8,000 cases that were reported in the state on May 16, the daily case count has now come down below the 5,000-mark.
As many as 8,308 patients got discharged from hospitals during the day, which pushed the recovery count to 6,77,798 and the recovery rate to 87.32 percent.
There are 89,018 active cases in Gujarat at present, of which, 716 are on ventilator.
Of the 64 deaths, nine were reported in Ahmedabad district, eight in Surat, six each in Rajkot and Vadodara districts.
At 1,079, the highest number of new cases were recorded in Ahmedabad city, followed by 422 in Vadodara city, 297 in Surat city, 209 in other parts of Surat district and 192 in Rajkot city.
During the day, 1.37 lakh eligible persons received anti-coronavirus vaccines. So far, 1.49 crore people have been vaccinated in the state.
In the adjoining union territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, as many 40 new cases were reported in the last 24 hours, the authorities said in a release, adding that 55 patients recovered and got discharge during the day.
Gujarat’s COVID-19 figures are positive cases 7,76,220, new cases 4,773, death toll 9,404, discharged 6,77,798, active cases 89,018 and people tested so far – figures not released.
Shops can function between 9 am and 3 pm from Friday
The Gujarat government has decided to relax some COVID restrictions put in place across 36 cities from May 21. The Vijay Rupani administration has allowed businesses to operate from 9 am till 3 pm from Friday.
Night curfew to continue
However, there will be no relaxations as per the night curfew rules are concerned.
Meanwhile, Gujarat Chief Minister’s Office announced that CM Rupani has decided to declare Mucormycosis (Black Fungus) an epidemic in the state.
The government and private hospitals and medical colleges treating the black fungus disease will have to follow guidelines by Union Health Ministry as well as ICMR for screening, diagnosis and treatment, the Gujarat CMO said.
