gandhinagar union home minister amit shah on saturday inaugurated an oxygen plant at the ayurvedic hospital in kolwada village of gujarats gandhinagar gujarat chief minister vijay rupani deputy chief minister nitin patel were also present at the eventshah had earlier reviewed the situation arising out of the sharp rise in covid19 cases in the country and given directions for various measures to augment the supply of oxygen for medical purposes the home minister also reviewed the preparedness of dhanvantari covid hospital in ahmedabad on friday the hospital has 950 normal beds and 250 icu beds meanwhile india recorded 346786 new covid19 cases the highest singleday spike since the pandemic broke out last year according to the official data issued by the union health ministry the country recorded 2624 covid19 related deaths in the last 24 hours the countrys total infection count has mounted to 16610481 cases while 189544 people have succumbed to the viral infection so far currently there are 2552940 active cases of covid19 in the country said the official data of the ministry