In Gujarat, the state government will ramp up the daily vaccination up to 3 lakh in view of the rising number of cases.

Chief Minister Vijay Rupani told the media that daily vaccination will be enhanced from the current 2.25 lakh to 3 lakh in order to increase the coverage.

AIR correspondent reports that the state reported 1,961 new cases in the last 24 hours.

The state is witnessing a record rise in Covid cases every day. Surat and Ahmedabad together accounted for 60 per cent of new COVID-19 cases reported yesterday. Surat reported 628 new cases, followed by Ahmedabad with 558 cases.

As many as seven patients died due to Covid 19 yesterday while 1 thousand,405 patients were discharged after recovery. More than 1 lakh 90 thousand persons received vaccine shots yesterday. So far, Over 44 lakh 84 thousand beneficiaries have been administered COVID-19 vaccines in the state.

Meanwhile, the government employees in the State will be treated as frontline warriors and will be given the Covid-19 vaccine shots without age bars.