<span style="color: #222222;">In Gujarat, total number of Corona virus cases rose to 308 today with 46 new patients being found today. State Health Department said, the death toll also went up to 19 with two more persons succumbing to the viral disease today.<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that out of the 46 new cases, 11 were reported from Ahmedabad, 17 from Vadodara, five from Rajkot, four each from Bharuch and Bhavnagar, two each from Patan and Kutch and one case from Gandhinagar district. So far, 30 cured patients have been discharged from the hospital.<br />''<br />''Principal Secretary of Department of Health Dr Jayanti Ravi said, a total 978 samples have been tested in the last 24 hours. Out of these, 67 cases were found positive while 635 cases were found negative and reports of 276 cases are pending. A total number of positive cases in Ahmedabad reached to 153 followed by 39 in Vadodara 39 and 24 in Surat.<br />''<br />''In Karnataka, COVID-19 positive cases have gone up further to 207, with 10 new cases today. This includes six deaths and 30 discharges. Among the 10 new cases, five are reported from Mysuru, two from Bengaluru, another two from Bengaluru rural and one from Kalburgi. These are primary and secondary contacts who were kept under observation. After the test report they too are found positive.<br />''<br />''On the other hand, Churches remained off limits for prayers on Good Friday today. Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa today asked citizens to provide water and food to the street animals through twitter. The Municipal Corporation conducted medical check up of safai Karamcharies in Bengaluru.</span><br />