Gujarat has recorded 1340 new cases during the last 24 hours. Apart from weekend curfew from 9 pm today in Ahmedabad city, the state government has also decided to postpone the reopening of schools and colleges from 23rd November. AIR correspondent reports that Ahmedabad city witnessed a spike in daily cases of infections after Diwali.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The downtrend in Covid19 cases in Gujarat remained very short lived, as the new cases started rising after bye-elections and Diwali festival. Ahmedabad city and district has recorded 246 cases yesterday, which is maximum in the last five months.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''Surat recorded 239 new cases.The total cases of Covid-19 detected so far in Gujarat has reached up to 1 lakh 92 thousand 982. Out of these, 1 lakh 76 thousand 475 patients recovered. 1113 patients recovered during the last 24 hours.&nbsp;<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">More than 70 lakh 33 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date. At present total active cases in the state are 12677, out of which 87 patients are on ventilator. 7 patients died yesterday taking the total deaths due to Covid-19 up to 3830.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | November 20, 2020 2:01 PM
Gujarat records 1340 new coronavirus cases; state govt postpones reopening of schools & colleges