<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, the first death of COVID-19 was reported yesterday in Surat. According to health officials 69 year old male was found positive for corona virus died yesterday in Surat Civil hospital. Gujarat Health & family welfare department in a tweet said the deceased was having co-morbid condition.  <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that so far 18 cases were found positive for COVID-19 in the state out of which 7 cases are from Ahmedabad while Surat, Vadodara and Gandhinagar reported 3 cases each and Rajkot & Kutch reported 1-1 case each. Meanwhile the state government decided to close down the local and state transport services in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara, Rajkot and Gandhinagar till 25th March.  <br />''<br />''The state government also prohibited the entry of public buses and cabs coming from other states and UTs to the State. Meanwhile, centre has identified 75 corona affected districts across the country and asked state governments to close all the non essential services in these districts till March. Kutch, Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara and Gandhinagar are among them. </span><br />