<span style="color: #222222;">Following the rapid rise in the Covid-19 cases in Ahmedabad, the City administration announced a complete lockdown in the city for a week.<br />''<br />''Additional Chief Secretary Rajiv Gupta, who has been appointed to oversee Covid-19 situation in the city announced slew of decisions on Wednesday to prevent the further spread of Covid 19 in the city.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that with 4,735 cases, Ahmedabad has emerged as a major hotspot for Covid 19 in the state.<br />''<br />''The city has accounted for more than 70 percent of the total cases reported in the state so far.<br />''<br />''Following the rising number of positive cases among vegetable vendors and grocery shop owners, all the shops except those selling milk and medicines have been shut for a week since yesterday midnight. Online delivery of food items has also been halted.<br />'' <br />''All the banks located in red zone areas of the city will also remain closed for a week. Only ATMs will remain open.<br />''The testing of super spreaders will also be identified which include grocery shopkeepers, vegetable vendors, delivery boys and hawkers.  <br />''The government has identified 9 private hospitals for providing COVID 19 treatment.<br />''<br />''Three-star hotels with a minimum of 50 rooms have also been identified which can be converted into Covid 19 care centres.</span><br />