Gujarat was ready to take a sigh of relief on Friday afternoon with no new Covid-19 positive case reported in the state during last 24 hours, but the respite was short-lived as health authorities confirmed three more positive cases from Rajkot taking the total number of infected patients to 47.
The Gujarat government on Friday said that no new coronavirus positive case have been reported in the state during last 24 hours.
A 70-year-old COVID-19 patient died in Gujarat's Bhavnagar district early Thursday morning, a health department officials said.
An 85-year-old woman who had been diagnosed with coronavirus died in Ahmedabad on Wednesday, the Gujarat health department said.
To tackle the aftermath situation of nationwide lockdown, Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani on Tuesday announced to provide free wheat, rice, dal, sugar, salt to 60 lakh ration cardholder families for the month of April.
Three new coronavirus positive cases have been reported in Gujarat taking the total number of confirmed cases to 38 till date. Meanwhile, India COVID-19 confirmed cases toll have surged to 562 while 10 have died.
Gujarat will have a complete lockdown from Monday midnight amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in the country. The lockdown will remain effective till March 31. However, essential services will not get affected by the state-wide shutdown.
Chief Minister of Gujarat, Vijay Rupani held a meeting with the Collectors of the coronavirus-affected districts in the state, through video conferencing over COVID-19 on March 23.
The 'Janata curfew' call given by Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a good response in Gujarat on Sunday as the entire state was in a self-imposed lockdown to fight the coronavirus.
With the surge in confirmed cases of coronavirus, Gujarat reported one more positive case of COVID-19. With this, the total number of infected cases has reached eight in the state.
Two more persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in Gujarat on Friday evening, taking the number of such cases in the state to seven, officials said. Gujarat recorded its first coronavirus cases on Thursday.
The first coronavirus cases have been reported from the state of Gujarat. The first two cases from Gujarat have been confirmed from Rajkot and Surat.
Gujarat's Statue of Unity has been closed till March 25, amid coronavirus outbreak in India. This is for the first time since its inauguration in 2018 that Statue of Unity will be closed.
After the house proceedings of the Gujarat state assembly, Nitin Patel on Monday told reporters, "As I hear, there will be more resignations tendered from the Gujarat Congress legislators in the coming days. We are just watching the time."
Gujarat Congress has suspended five party MLAs, who resigned as legislators, from the primary membership of the party.
One of the two survivors of the 1988 Indian Airlines plane crash in Ahmedabad in Gujarat was found dead at his residence in Prahladnagar locality, police said on Monday.
Amid Coronavirus scare in the country, Gujarat Chief Secretary Anil Mukim on March 15 attended a review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rupani.
Taking a cue from other states, the Gujarat government on Sunday announced measures to counter the growing threat of COVID-19. The state will shut down all educational institutions, swimming pools and cinema halls for 2 weeks from March 16.
Trouble is brewing in the Gujarat Congress as four MLAs have reportedly resigned from the party, as per sources. The resignation of Congress MLAs Soma Gonda and KV Kakadiya and two others comes as a shock for the party.
According to sources, 2 Congress MLAs in Gujarat resigned.
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