New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: The number of COVID-19 cases is on a rise in Gujarat, it is the second-worst affected state in the country after Maharashtra. On Saturday, it recorded 396 more coronavirus infections. As per the latest data by the Ministry of Home and Family Welfare, the state has reported 13,669 cases with 829 fatalities. At the same time, a total of 6,169 patients have been cured. At least 4.8 lakh people have been put under quarantine.
The state capital Ahmedabad has reported 10,001 cases with 669 deaths. Surat has also reported 1,285 cases with 60 fatalities. At least 806 are infected in Vadodara and 35 have succumbed to the virus.
In the ongoing phase 4 of the lockdown, Gujarat has only permitted essential services in containment zones. The resumption of shops with staggered timings, offices (33% strength), industries (50% strength) and transport have been allowed to resume with strict social distancing guidelines in areas outside non-containment zones.
According to covidindia.org, there are eight red, 19 orange and six green districts in Gujarat. Here's the full list of Red, Green and Orange districts:
Red zone
Ahmedabad, Anand, Aravalli, Bhavnagar Rural, Gandhinagar, Panchmahal, Surat, and Vadodara.
Orange zone
Valsad, Tapi, Surendranagar, Sabarkantha, Rajkot, Patan, Navsari, Narmada, Mehsana, Mahisagar, Kutch, Kheda, Jamnagar, Gir Somnath, Dangs, Bharuch, Botad, Chhota Udepur, Dahod
Green zone
Porbandar, Morbi, Junagadh, Devbhoomi Dwarka, Amreli
For a red zone to turn into green zones, no case of COVID-19 should be reported for consecutive 21 days.
Currently, there are 12 private laboratories and 19 government laboratories approved to test for Real-Time PCR (RT PCR tests). Besides this, there are two government laboratories and four private laboratories to test for CBNAAT testing of COVID-19 in Gujarat.
Meanwhile, the national tally of COVID-19 infections has risen past 1.3 lakh with over 3,800 fatalities