Rajkot: While the district administration claims that mortality due to Covid-19 was very low in Rajkot, another 24 persons admitted to various covid wards in city hospitals succumbed in 24 hours ending Wednesday morning. Also, on Wednesday, the waiting period for cremation at city crematoriums went up to minimum four hours. This resulted in an altercation between the relatives of the deceased and the hospital administration, said sources. According to sources, the high number of deaths in the covid wards of the city hospitals has disturbed the cremation process. Rajkot has four crematoriums and each has a separate arrangement for cremating bodies as per Covid-19 protocol.