14,948 Covid patients recover, Jaipur tops list of active cases

JAIPUR: Nine persons died and 350 tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on Thursday taking the casualty count to 430 and infection tally to 18,662. For the first time, the recovery rate has crossed the 80% mark.
Jodhpur's death toll reached 53 following two more casualties while the number of fatalities in Bikaner rose to 15 after two more persons died due to the virus. Barmer reported its fourth fatality while the death of three persons in Bharatpur took its casualty count to 37. Bhilwara reported it sixth Covid-19 fatality.
Districts which reported new cases are Jodhpur (43), Bharatpur (38), Barmer (32), Jaipur (28), Alwar (26), Pali (26), Nagaur (16), Sirohi (15), Udaipur (22), Bikaner (14), Rajsamand (10), Dholpur (10), Hanumangarh (10), Jalore (9), Ajmer (8), Bhilwara (7), Karauli (6), Kota (6), Dungarpur (5), Jaisalmer (3), Dausa (3), Baran (2), Jhunjhunu (2), Bundi (1), Churu (1), Sawai Madhopur (1), Sikar (1) and five from other state.
As many as 374 persons have been cured, taking the tally of such patients to 14,948.
Currently highest number of active cases are in Jaipur (480) followed by Bharatpur (420), Dholpur (298) and Bharatpur (229).
In Jaipur, 20 different places reported 28 cases including Nirman Nagar (3), Shahpura (2), and one each case has been reported from Govidngarh, Vaishali Nagar, Jyoti Nagar extension, Bas Badanpura, Jawahar Nagar, Triveni Nagar, Malviya Nagar, Jagatpura, Chandwaji, Phagi, Vidhyadhar Nagar, Jaisinghpura, Dhahar Ke Balaji, Shyam Nagar, Mansarovar, Imli Phatak and address of one person is not clear. However, six persons have been found infected with the virus, who have travelled from other countries and landed in Jaipur under Vande Bharat mission. They have been kept at institutional quarantine facilities.