The Gujarat government declared the extension of the night curfew in eight cities by twelve more days on Friday (July 16). The night curfew will remain to continue in cities like Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot, Surat, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar, Gandhinagar, and Junagadh from 10 pm to 6 am, till the morning of August 1.
According to earlier agency reports, the state government allowed reopening of water parks and swimming pools at sixty per cent capacity from July 20 provided their staff had received at least the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination by July 31. "Owners, managers, and staff of water parks will have to get inoculated with the first dose by July 31," an official said.
AC buses in the state are to operate at seventy-five per cent capacity while non-AC private and public transport can operate at a hundred per cent capacity from July 20. It is mandatory for the drivers and conductors of these transport facilities to at least have the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination.
On Friday, Gujarat saw 39 new COVID-19 cases making the total cases go up to 8,24,423, an official from the state health department said. The death toll stood at 10,074, as no new casualties were reported during the day, while 70 patients were discharged from hospitals. Gujarat's recovery rate has improved to 98.70 per cent, and the state is currently left with 606 active cases, of which seven patients are in critical condition.