<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the total number of Covid-19 cases has gone up to 1604 with 228 fresh cases reported since last evening. Out of the 228 new cases, 140 cases were reported from Ahmedabad. According to state health department, death toll due to Covid19 has reached on 58 with 5 more death reported from the state since last evening. More from our Ahmedabad correspondent.<br />''<br />''Out of 228 new confirmed cases reported since last evening, 207 cases are reported from Ahmedabad and Surat only. Ahmedabad city is the worst hit with total Covid 19 cases has crossed one thousand mark. Principal Health Secretary Dr. Jayanti Ravi has said that the conditions of 1443 patients are stable, while 9 patients are on ventilator.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Gujarat Government has decided to start industrial units in the rural areas from tomorrow. This was decided in a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani in Gandhinagar yesterday. Such Industrial Units outside the Municipal corporation area should also arrange the proper and safe accommodation or conveyance facilities for the workers. It has also decided to permit the ongoing construction projects in the city area with the implementation of social distancing and other government directives.<br />''<br />''The total number of covid-19 positive cases in Maharashtra stands at 3651 this morning and the death toll at 211. The mortality rate in city has been recorded at 5.78 per cent as compared to 6.05 per cent yesterday. While the number of new cases in last 24 hours has gone up by 328, 10 new deaths have been reported in state.<br />''<br />''Latur MP Amit Deshmukh in a tweet informed Latur was always Covid-19 free. A hospital which was treating 8 corona positive travellers intercepted at Nilanga in Latur district, all native to Andhra Pradesh, tested negative for the second time in 48 hours. Thus, technically the district now too is Covid-19 free.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Jaslok Hospital, a leading multi speciality hospital in Mumbai has issued a statement saying since the first case was tested positive, the hospital had quarantined the connected staff at one of its hostel and the BMC had announced this hostel as a containment zone. All of them were tested subsequently and were negative. On precautionary ground, Jaslok authorities suspended its operations after the first case. However, the quarantined staff were tested again and some of them have tested positive and are asymptomatic. The hospital has till date tested over 1600 of its staff, nurses and doctors.<br />''<br />''In Rajasthan, 44 new persons tested positive for COVID 19. The maximum 27 cases are from Jodhpur. The number of infected persons in the state has gone up to 1395. With the death of one corona-infected person in Jaipur today, the number of people who died of infection in the state has also increased to 22 now.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, most of the people who died of infection are either aged or who were already suffering from any disease. On the other hand, 205 people of the state have become infection free after treatment. According to the Health Department, 60 percent of the infected persons are up to 40 years of age. The maximum 22 percent of patients are in the age group of 20 to 30. Infected persons over the age of 60 years are just 10.88 percent. <br />''<br />''Meanwhile, 4,000 samples pending in SMS Medical College Jaipur have been sent to Delhi for investigation in approved private lab.</span><br />