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Gujarat's Sundarvan zoo launches ‘adopt an animal’ initiative amid Covid spread

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"Under this initiative, the adopter will bear monthly maintenance cost of the adopted animal&we're getting good response,"says an official pic.twitter.com/2kE5NicxDD Meanwhile, the state has reported 21,225 fresh Covid-19 cases and 16 deaths on Friday.

In the past 24 hours, 9,254 patients were recovered and discharged. The number of active cases stands at 1,16,843. With 16 deaths recorded in the past 24 hours, the total death toll stands at 10,215 in the state.

So far, Gujarat reported 10,22,788 Covid-19 cases. Additionally, in light of the surge in Covid-19 cases, the Gujarat government on Friday announced night curfew for 17 more towns with high positivity rate and extended the implementation in eight metros and two cities till January 29.

While the timing of the night curfew remains unchanged from 10 pm to 6 am, 17 more towns have been added to the list of places where it will be enforced from January 22 till January 29, a government release stated.

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