Gujarat: Drop in daily cases ahead of Rath Yatra

AHMEDABAD: The city in the 24 hours ending at 5pm on Friday added just 12 new cases, the second lowest in the past one month. It was the third consecutive day for the city to record zero deaths of active Covid patients.
For the state, it was one of the lowest daily cases in 14 months at 56 with death of one patient from Surat district. After Dang, Patan became the second district in Gujarat to have zero active cases. Of the 33 districts, 17 now have less than 10 active cases as of Friday evening.
It was the third consecutive day for the state to have halted vaccination for Covid-19. While the state health department had announced two-day halt in vaccination after a day of ‘Mamta divas’ to vaccinate children, no explanation of the move was given as citizens also remained apprehensive about the availability of vaccine on the weekend.