Ahmedabad lockdown news: Today's updates from your city

Amid prevalent chaos and uncertainty over access to the essential services and commodities during the lockdown, we bring you the latest updates from across the state.
Update at 3.55pm: Nearly 2,500 prisoners have been released from 28 jails across Gujarat so far since the coronavirus outbreak, a senior official said on Sunday. (PTI)
Update at 2.40pm: Centre's package only worth Rs 3.22 lakh cr and is only 1.6% of GDP; it's not Rs 20 lakh crore as announced by PM, says Congress leader Anand Sharma.
Update at 11am: Death toll due to Covid-19 rises to 2,872, cases climb to 90,927 in India, says Union health ministry (PTI)
Update at 10am: Police lathicharge migrant labourers in Surat.

* RAI wants malls, stores to reopen
The Retailers’ Association of India (RAI) on Friday urged the government of Gujarat to allow the resumption of retail and economic activity, with safety measures in place, in green and orange zones.
A representation regarding this was made to Gujarat CM Vijay Rupani. The association has sought the reopening of malls and shopping centres, as they provide a controlled public environment which can allow for extensive measures to be undertaken for public health and safety needs.
* Amdavadis order groceries, veggies worth Rs 20 crore in 2 days
The people of Ahmedabad ordered groceries and vegetables worth Rs 20 crore in 65,000 orders on various e-commerce websites.
Municipal officials said the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has taken up a drive to ensur essential goods reach the people of Ahmedabad, while keeping in public heath in view. The AMC directed e-commerce companies and app-based delivery companies to deliver goods ordered online between 10am and 5pm.
* Super spreader cases lead to ‘data mismatch’
In a single day, Ahmedabad district’s total case tally jumped from 7,171 to 8,144 – an addition of 973 cases. The rise was explained by Jayanti Ravi, principal secretary (health & family welfare) as addition of 709 positive cases that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) found from 6,587 tests conducted on vegetable or fruit vendors/grocers in past one week. “The cumulative figure has been added today to Ahmedabad's tally so that there is no discrepancy in data,” she said.
* AMC agrees they’ll keep 50% of beds for own needs
After negotiations between the private hospitals and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) over requisition of hospitals under Epidemic Diseases Act, the civic authority on Saturday announced new policies. Under the new rules, the hospitals can keep 50% of the beds and charge the patients at rates fixed by AMC and for the 50% beds, AMC will pay the hospitals on the revised rates which are up to 2.5 times higher than the earlier estimates.
With new hospitals notified on Saturday, the total 42 private hospitals in Ahmedabad will now be admitting Covid-19 patients. The list however omitted several hospitals which earlier were taken by AMC which raised questions on the parame ters based on which they we re taken over.
* Gujarat becomes third state to cross 10,000 cases
Gujarat on Saturday crossed 10,000 cases with the tally reaching 10,989. After Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, Gujarat has become third state to cross the landmark. In 24 hours ending 5 pm on Saturday, Gujarat recorded 348 cases. The state also recorded 19 deaths, taking the death toll to 625. With 273 patients getting discharged in 24 hours, total patients discharged now stands at 4,308. Discrepancies in daily figures became a talking point on Saturday as addition of the new cases to Friday tally revealed a gap of 709.