Covid-19 in Rajasthan: Active cases spiral, mortality rate down to 1.1%

JAIPUR: Covid claimed 15 lives on Monday taking the fatality count to1,456. The day also saw the state registering yet another biggest singleday spike with 2,112 new infections which took the cumulative count to1,30,971.On a day the state reported biggest single-day spike for the 11th day in arow, Jaipur also registered a record spike with 444 new infections takingthe overall tally to 20,658. In Jaipur, five different areas reported morethan 43% of new infections in the last five days. The areas are Sanganer,Malviya Nagar, Mansarovar, Jagatpura and Durgapura. In the last five days,Jaipur reported 2,038 cases and out of those 887 belonged to the fiveworst-affected areas of the city.

A senior health department official said, “The cases might be increasing but the mortality rate has gone down to 1.1%. We arefocusing on aggressive testing and aggressive treatment for early detection and early treatment of Covid patients.”Active cases in the state have touched new high of 20,043. In the past two days, active cases remained at 19,700 and 19,355.Out of those 20,043 active cases, Jaipur has the maximum share of 7409, followed by Jodhpur (4069) and Kota (1907).Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (444), Jodhpur (361), Pali (127),Alwar (110), Bikaner (106), Bhilwara (100), Ajmer (82),Udaipur (80), Jalore (74), Kota (60), Nagaur (53), Dungarpur (40), Jhunjhunu (38), Sirohi (38), Churu (37), Dausa (37),Sriganganagar (33), Rajsamand (30), Dholpur (30), Chittorgarh (24), Tonk (21), Karauli (20), Bharatpur (20), Barmer (19),Hanumangarh (19), Jhalawar (17), Jaisalmer (17), Bundi (16), Sawai Madhopur (15), Banswara (15), Baran (14), Pratapgarh (9) andSikar (6).Jaipur reported its 319th Covid-19 death, Bikaner 110th, Ajmer 103rd, Kota 99th, Bharatpur 80th, Udaipur 48th, Alwar 40th,Rajsamand 23rd, Baran 21st, Tonk 19th, Jalore 18th, Banswara 18th, Chittorgarh 17th, Churu 13th and Bundi 7th.

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