Gujarat recorded 1302 new cases during the past 24 hours. Total 1,23,770 patients recovered from Covid19 till now. The recovery rate has reached up to 85.75 percent. It is reported that the total cases detected so far in Gujarat have reached up to 1,44,700.
 
1405 patients recovered during the last 24 hours.
 
More than 47,02,000 tests have been carried out in the state till date, out of which 57,513 tests were carried out on Monday.

Maximum 276 new cases reported from Surat. At present total active cases in the state are 16745, out of which 94 patients are on ventilator. 13 patients died on Monday taking the total deaths due to Covid19 up to 3512. More than 5.94 lakh people have been kept home quarantined.

Meanwhile, Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has added 3 new areas in the micro containment zone following detection of new cases.

Meanwhile, Gujarat Government has announced Digital Seva Setu Programme for the rural areas. 

Under this programme, the citizens will be able to get benefit from various public welfare services at the Panchayat level. AIR correspondent reports that the Digital Seva Setu has been initiated under the Bharat Net Project- an initiative to connect the Village Panchayats through fibre network.
 

The villages of Gujarat will be connected with a 100 MBPS optical fibre network under the Digital Seva Setu programme. Digital Seva Setu programme has been announced by the Chief Minister Vijay Rupani at a press conference in Gandhinagar.

 
The Phase-1 of Digital Seva Setu will start from 8th October, which will cover 2,000 Village Panchayats. About 20 types of pro-people services will be provided at the village panchayat level.
 
Another eight thousand Village Panchayats will be covered by December 2020. Citizens in rural areas will be able to get the benefits of this programme by paying a nominal fee of Rs. 20. 
 
The citizens can get various documents like duplicate ration card, income certificate, senior citizen certificate, caste certificate at their doorstep under this programme.

The government will also provide powers of affidavit to the Talati Mantri at the Village Panchayat level so that people in rural areas do not have to visit the notary offices in towns and cities