COVID-19 cases in Ahmedabad up by 292 to 6645; death toll 446
Ahmedabad, May 13 () The count of COVID-19 cases inhotspot Ahmedabad mounted to 6,645 on Wednesday with 292 morepeople testing positive for coronavirus while the number offatalities rose to 446 with 25 deaths, a Health official said.
With 238 patients being discharged from hospitals, thenumber of the recovered patients in Ahmedabd district has goneup to 2,112, the official said.
Meanwhile, civic authorities on Wednesday decided toprovide some relaxations in the lockdown in ten containmentzones by allowing shops of essential items to remain open forfive hours every day from May 15 on certain conditions.
Home delivery and opening of wholesale vegetable andfruit markets will not be allowed in the containment zones.
However, shops selling grocery, vegetables and fruitswill be allowed to remain open between 8 am and 1 pm,officials said, adding that shop owners and their staff willhave to carry "health screening cards" issued by the municipalcorporation with the seven-day validity.
Officials said residents of these containment zoneswill be allowed to come out of their houses between 8 am and 1pm only to make purchase of essential items, and no personwill be allowed to go out to other parts of the city.
Among other conditions, shopkeepers will have to wearface masks, hand gloves and keep sanitisers for themselves andtheir customers. They will also have to follow socialdistancing norms and to keep a separate tray to exchange moneyto avoid direct contact, the AMC said in a release.
The civic body has been issuing health cards togrocery shop owners, and vegetable and milk vendors in thecity after screening them for coronavirus.
Wards of Khadia, Jamalpur, Shahpur, Dariapur,Danilimda, Baherampura, Asarwa, Gomtipur, Saraspur, Maninagarhave been marked as containment zones. KA PDNSK NSK