Ahmedabad: Gujarat government issued a notification on Tuesday extending the night curfew in force in four cities by another 15 days till April 15. The night curfew in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot will now remain effective between 9 pm and 6 am till April 15, an official release said. These four major cities alone accounted for nearly 70 per cent of the infections of Covid-19.

The state government had relaxed the curfew time till midnight in February after the Covid cases were dipping in the country. Local authorities later decided to increase that timing by another one hour. The night curfew was supposed to remain in force till March 31.

“Ahmedabad reported five deaths, Surat four, and Vadodara one. Surat led with 644 new cases, followed by Ahmedabad with 613, Vadodara 257, Rajkot 207 among other districts,” the official informed. A state government release said 53,89,349 people had been vaccinated so far, including 1,93,968 on Tuesday, while 6,43,855 beneficiaries have also received the second dose.