Ahmedabad COVID-19 tally crosses 6,000-mark; 19 more die

Ahmedabad, May 11 () Ahmedabad reported 268 freshcoronavirus cases, taking the count in the district to 6,086on Monday, while the death toll reached 400 after 19 morepatients succumbed here, a health department official said.

A total 109 patients were discharged from hospitalshere, taking the number of such people to 1,482, the officialsaid.

With the rising number of coronavirus cases in thecity, the civic body on Monday banned cash-on-delivery optionfor grocery and food items at homes after May 15,stating thenovel coronavirus also spreads through currency notes.

As per the decision taken by the AhmedabadMunicipalCorporation (AMC),the payment for such serviceswill now only have to be made digitally.

The civic body also made it mandatory for deliverystaff to download the Aarogya Setu app on their mobile phones.

All the major retail and home delivery agencies likeD-Mart, Osia Hypermart, Bigg Basket, Big Bazar, Zomato andSwiggy, among others, have been asked to get 100 per centmedical screening of their delivery staff, the AMC said.

Delivery boys will have to use hand gloves, sanitationcap and sanitiser and follow social distancing norms. Nodelivery boy will be enlisted from containment areas, saidtheAMCorder.

The corporation will form 100 teams, who will help17,000 retail shops of vegetables, fruits, milk and groceriesto get online payment apps installed on their mobile phones.

Selling of groceries and vegetables has been suspendedin Ahmedabad till May 15 in view of a surge in the COVID-19cases.