In Gujarat, 477 fresh cases of Covid 19 were reported from 19 districts in the state in the last 24 hours. With this, the total number of cases in the state rose to 20,574 yesterday. The State Health department said 31 more patients died due to Covid 19 yesterday taking the death toll to 1280.<br />''<br />''As many as 321 patients were discharged from hospitals across the state yesterday, taking the number of recoveries to 13,964.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, in a bid to normalize economic activity, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani further sanctioned several infrastructure projects yesterday which includes the establishment of Industrial Colony in Border district Kutch and a housing scheme under PM Avas Yojana in Surat.<br />''<br />''Ahmedabad remains the worst affected district in the state due to Covid 19. Out of the 477 new cases, Ahmedabad alone reported 346, taking the tally in the district to 14,631. Also, out of the 31 deaths reported yesterday, 24 of them were reported from Ahmedabad. So far, over 1000 patients have died due to Covid 19 in the district. The number of cases in Surat rose to 2,145 while in Vadodara, the tally went up to 1,328. Meanwhile, the outsourced nursing staff in the SVP hospital called off their strike over the salary cut by the contract agency after they were promised to pay 20 percent additional salary under the Epidemic Disease act. SVP management also announced an additional incentive of Rs 250 per day to all those who are involved in Covid 19 duty.<br />''<br />''In a notification, AMC yesterday declared that all the contracted staff working in the hospitals run by AMC will be designated as covid 19 workers. <br />