In Gujarat, the total number of cases rose to 8582 yesterday with 347 new cases reported in the last 24 hours. Health department said the rate of recovery has improved in the state. As many as 235 people were discharged from various hospitals yesterday.

"Principal Secretary of Department of Health Dr Jayanti Ravi said the number of per day positive cases, mortality rate and discharge rate in the state is gradually improving Around 2700 patients have been recovered from Covid 19 so far. She said the government is also providing optional AYUSH treatment for Covid 19 patients which is mainly to increase their immunity. Maximum 218 cases were reported from Ahmedabad yesterday. To further contain the spread of the virus, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation yesterday made the cashless payment mandatory for home deliveries which will be resumed from 15th May. Meanwhile, the people stranded abroad are being brought back to the state. All of them will be kept in institutional quarantine 14 days. The state government has given two alternatives to the passengers such as paid and free institutional quarantine in the district they choose.

Nationally total of three thousand 604 new confirmed cases of novel corona virus have been reported during the last twenty four hours taking the total number of cases to 70 thousand 756.

Health and Family Welfare Ministry said that 22 thousand 455 patients have cured so far and the recovery rate reached to 31.73 percent. During the last 24 hours, 87 deaths have been reported taking the nationwide toll to 2293.

To fight the pandemic Centre has released over 6 thousand 195 crore rupees to 14 states as the second equated monthly installment of the Post Devolution Revenue Deficit Grant. Office of the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a tweet said that the amount will provide the States additional resources during the COVID-19 crisis.

The grant was recommendation by the 15th Finance Commission. The grant has been released to the States of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland and Sikkim. The amount released includes over one thousand 276 crore rupees to Kerala, 952 crore rupees to Himachal Pradesh, 638 crore rupees to Punjab, over 631 crore rupees to Assam, around 418 crore rupees to West Bengal and 423 crore rupees to Uttarakhand.