Jodhpur beats Jaipur in Covid-19 cases as state breaches 25,000 mark

JAIPUR: Jodhpur surpassed Jaipur in cumulative Covid-19 cases after 128 new infections were reported on Tuesday even as the state’s tally crossed the 25,000 mark.
On the same day, the number of cases in Jaipur and Jodhpur breached the 4,000 mark too. While cumulative cases in Jaipur were 4002, in Jodhpur it has touched 4,052.
Jodhpur is currently at the top of the list of districts reporting highest number of cases followed by Jaipur, Bharatpur (1,995), Pali (1,554), Alwar (1,288) and Bikaner (1,061).
On the casualty front, six persons died taking the death count to 524 while 635 others tested positive taking the tally to 25,571 on Tuesday. Rajsamand reported two cases taking its toll to 3, Ajmer reported its 25 fatality, Alwar reported its 8th casualty, Jaipur reported its 176th Covid death while one person from another state also succumbed to the disease.
Districts which reported new cases are Jodhpur (128), Bikaner (106), Churu (51), Pali (48), Kota (44), Alwar (38), Jaipur (39), Jalore (31), Barmer (29), Dholpur (26), Bharatpur (11), Udaipur (10, )Ajmer (10), Bhilwara (9), Bundi (8), Karauli (8), Sriganganagar (6), Nagaur (6), Rajsamand (5), Dausa (4), Jhunjhunu (4), Sikar (3), Pratapgarh (2), Jhalawar (2), Hanumangarh (2), Banswara (1), Sirohi (1) and three from other states.
In the past 11 days, the state has reported 6,519 new infections with an average of 592 cases per day. The spike in new infections pushed up the active cases to a new high cases of 5,878 on Tuesday. It was 5,788 on Monday, 5,779 on Sunday, 5,376 on Saturday, 5,057 on Friday, 5,002 on Thursday and 4,715 on Wednesday.
In Jaipur, 26 different areas reported 39 cases. The areas which reported new cases are Vidhyadhar Nagar (6), Shastri Nagar (4), Jagatpura (2), Mahesh Nagar (2), Adarsh Nagar (2), Vaishali Nagar (2), Jawahar Nagar (2), Jagatpura (2), while one case each was reported from Subhash Chawk, Tonk Phatak, Ramganj, Johri Bazaar, Govindgarh, C-scheme, Brahmpuri, Hasanpura, Jhotwara, Malviya Nagar, Durgapura, Sitapura, Renwal, Sanganer, Mansarovar, Phulera, Tonk Road, Raja Park and Amber.