Rajasthan: New hotspots in districts trigger record spike in Covid-19 cases

JAIPUR: On Saturday and Sunday, the state reported 1,112 Covid-19 cases, which are the highest ever jump in the past two days ever since the first case was recorded on March 3 in Rajasthan.
Since a lot of districts have reported an increased number of cases in these past two days, they collectively pushed up the Covid-19 cases to a new high, which is why, the state had set a new record on Saturday and Sunday in single-day jump in Covid-19 cases at 480 and 632 respectively.
New hotspots cropped up recently in several districts has triggered Saturday-Sunday record spike in Covid-19 cases.
However, the spike in cases can be attributed to increased testing and people who are not following Covid safety and social distancing norms.
“Earlier, we were conducting 15,000 tests per day, but now we have increased the testing to 20,000 per day,” said a health department official, adding that there are many other factors for the record spike in single-day which including different districts are reporting an increasing number of cases at the same time.
A sudden spike in Covid-19 cases has been reported from Pratapgarh district, where patients from district jail have been reported in increased numbers. Also, in Dholpur, the health authorities are grappling with Covid-19 where super spreaders were found infected with the virus, following that those who came in contact with them were also infected with Covid-19.
In Jalore, more cases in rural areas have been diagnosed with Covid-19 due to migrants tested positive for the virus. In Alwar too, the health authorities are facing challenges to contain the spread of the virus in Bhiwadi area, which is an industrial town.
“In Bhiwadi, there is a company where at least 25 workers have been found infected with the virus. The industries have started functioning but due to lack of precautionary measures, cases are popping up in such companies,” said Dr OP Meena, chief medical health officer, Alwar.
However, in Jalore, which reported the highest number of migrants reaching the district, authorities have to take measures to contain the spread.
“Recently, we have seen a surge of cases in rural areas where migrants have reached from different states. Today, 25 cases from a single village have been reported. We are conducting preventive activities in the village. In Jalore, more than 2.4 lakh migrants have reached recently, which is the highest number of migrants reported in a single district in the state,” said Dr Gajendra Singh Deval, chief medical health officer (Jalore).
However, in Bikaner, which was the district, once hogged the limelight for curing all the 36 Covid-19 cases in the state, has also reported a spike in cases.
“The spike in cases has been reported from the old city area such as Hussain Badi. In families where a single case was found infected, now others are being tested positive for Covid-19,” said Dr BL Meena, chief medical health officer, Bikaner.
In Bharatpur, too, efforts are being made to contain the spread of Covid-19, still the cases are constantly resurfacing in the area. The situation in Bharatpur turned worse when grain mandi and vegetable mandi reported cases which was only the beginning and now cases are kept resurfacing in the district.