In Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani yesterday said that with a healthy 74 per cent recovery rate and just four per cent mortality rate, the current Coronavirus situation in the state is better than several other states. The Chief Minister yesterday visited Rajkot and Vadodara yesterday to review the COVID-19 situation.
CM made several announcements to help both the cities to tackle the sudden spike in COVID cases.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister also urged the organizers to voluntarily cancel all the immediate religious celebrations such as Ganesh Chaurthi, Janmashtami , Moharram in wake of Corona virus and said if the COVID-19 situation prevailed, Navratri celebrations will also be cancelled.
Chief Minister announced an additional aid of five crore rupees for both the cities to control the pandemic. He said, COVID-19 testing will be doubled in both the cities. Additional 2,500 bed capacity will be created in Rajkot to treat COVID patients.
On the lines of Ahmedabad, Super-spreaders such as vegetables vendors, shopkeepers, door to door garbage collectors will be screened and will be issued passes in Rajkot. Door to door surveillance will be carried out once in a week at Padra, Daboi and Sawali in Vadodara which are emerging COVID hotspots. State will further ensure sufficient stock of ventilators, medicines at Sayajirao Hospital in Vadodara.
Meanwhile, the total number of COVID cases in the state crossed 59,000 yesterday with a total of 1,144 fresh cases reported in the state in the last 24 hours.
