AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat government on Monday said that online lectures for the students of classes 1 to 9 will continue till February 5 considering the current COVID-19 scenario.
The decision to continue online education in schools for classes 1 to 9 was taken by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel in a meeting of the core committee held in Gandhinagar, an official release said.
The decision to continue online classes for students of grades 1 to 9 till February 5 has been taken in the larger interest of the students and their health, the government said.
Following a sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in the state, the government had on January 7 decided against allowing in-person classes at schools for classes 1 to 9 till January 31.
A fresh decision about offline education will be taken on February 5, the release added Gujarat on Monday recorded 6,679 COVID-19 cases, the lowest since January 10, taking the tally in the state to 11,60,659, as per the state health department.
Gujarat on Monday recorded 6,679 COVID-19 cases, the lowest since January 10 when the addition was 6,097, taking the tally in the state to 11,60,659, a health department official said.
However, the number of deaths witnessed during the day was the highest in the third wave of the pandemic at 35, which took the toll to 10,473, he said.
The silver lining was that 14,171 people were discharged on Monday, more than double the number of new cases registered, he said, adding that the recovery count now stood at 10,66,393.
The active tally too dropped to 83,793, with only 265 patients being on ventilator support, the official pointed out.
Ahmedabad led with 2,399 new cases, followed by Vadodara with 1,045, Rajkot 777, Surat 418, and Surat 392 cases, among others.
Surat led the fatality list on Monday with seven deaths, followed by Ahmedabad with six, Bhavnagar five, Vadodara four, Rajkot three, Panchmahal two, he added.
Adjoining Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu reported five new cases and 13 recoveries on Monday, taking the tally to 11,307 and the number of people discharged to 11,200, leaving the Union Territory, which has seen four deaths so far, with an active tally of 83.
Gujarat's COVID-19 figures are as follows: Positive cases 11,60,659, new cases 6,679, death toll 10,473, discharged 10,66,393, active cases 83,793, people tested so far - figures not released.