Gujarat lockdown: Govt extended lockdown restriction till 10 November

The Gujarat government has decided to extend the ongoing night curfew in eight cities Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh and Bhavnagar by one month

The curfew will be in place between 12 am and 6 am till 10 November. The state had earlier last month relaxed night curfew by one hour in the cities and permitted organisation of ‘garba’ during Navratri festival in housing societies and on streets. This year, however, commercial organisation of garba events will not be allowed.

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Gujarat reported 20 fresh coronavirus infections and one new death on Thursday, while 22 more patients recovered from the disease, the state health department said. With these additions, Gujarat’s Covid-19 tally rose to 8,26,080, while the death toll increased to 10,085, said a department release.

The lone death in the last 24 hours was reported from the Valsad district. The tally of recoveries increased to 8,15,816 after 22 patients were discharged from hospitals during the day, it said. Gujarat now has 179 active cases, of which four patients are on ventilators, the department said.

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