NE NEWS SERVICE
GANDHINAGAR, FEB 10
With COVID cases falling below 2,300 on Thursday the Gujarat government decided to relax the night curfew in eight major cities.
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મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી @Bhupendrapbjp એ ગાંધીનગરમાં SNAની ઇલેક્ટ્રોનિક ફંડ ફ્લો એપ્લિકેશનનું નવતર મોડેલ 2 નું લોન્ચિંગ કર્યું@MoHFW_INDIA @CMOGuj @JpShivahare pic.twitter.com/ftuhsHu0GE— GujHFWDept (@GujHFWDept) February 10, 2022
“Gujarat government decides to relax the Covid-induced night curfew in 8 major cities of the state from 12 midnight to 5 am till February 18,” the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) stated in a press release.
Night curfew timings have been relaxed by three hours in 8 cities, including Ahmedabad, Vadodra, Surat, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, And Gandhinagar. The revised night curfew timings are midnight to 5 am.
According to the official announcement, Shops and commercial complexes can remain open till 11 pm, however, hotels and restaurants will operate with 75 percent capacity. Political, social, educational, cultural, and religious gatherings will be permitted for a maximum of 150 persons in open and at 50 per cent capacity in closed doors.
Maximum 300 persons allowed in wedding functions, while 100 persons allowed in burial services. Public and private transport will be exempted from night curfew with 75 percent capacity. However, Cinema Hall, multiplexes, Gyms, swimming pools, and auditorium will be allowed to operate with 50 percent capacity.
Home delivery by restaurants can now be done round the clock.
Gujarat reports 2,275 new coronavirus positive cases and 21 deaths
Gujarat on Thursday reported 2,275 new coronavirus positive cases and 21 deaths, taking the tally to 12,10,487 and fatality count to 10,761, the state health department said.
A total of 8,172 patients recovered from the infection during the day, which took recovery count to 11,78,289. The state’s recovery rate now stands at 97.34 per cent.
At 700, Ahmedabad city recorded the highest number of infections, followed by 292 in Vadodara city, 99 in other parts of Vadodara district, 96 in Mehsana district and 91 in Gandhinagar city.
There are 21,437 active cases in the state and 143 of these patients are on ventilator support, while others are stable.
#Ahmedabad is gearing up to become the #hero of #LakshyaZero!
Municipal Commissioner, Mr. Lochan Sehra & other officers visited the Pirana biomining site at the Pirana Dumpsite to provide guidance & instructions to speed up the ongoing biomining project.#SwachhBharat pic.twitter.com/3aTXQpA3ub
— Swachh Bharat Urban (@SwachhBharatGov) February 10, 2022
As many as 10.05 crore anti-coronavirus vaccine doses have been administered to eligible population in the state so far, of which 1.66 lakh doses were given during the day.
In the adjoining union territory of Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, four new cases of COVID-19 and eight recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, an official release said.
Of the total 11,385 cases reported so far in the union territory 25 are active ones. While four patients have died, 11,356 others have recovered, said a release by the UT administration.
Gujarat COVID-19 figures are positive cases 12,10,487, new cases 2,275, deaths 10,761, recoveries 11,78,289, active cases 21,437, people tested so far – figures not released.
