Record single-day spike of 1,132 new Covid-19 infections in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: For a second straight day, the single-day jump in Covid-19 cases touched a new high of 1,132 infections, showing no signs of slowing down in the state. In the past two days, the state reported 2,252 cases, which accounts for 6% of the total cases reported since the first one was reported on March 3. On Saturday, the state saw 1,120 new infections.
The Covid tally reached 36,430 on a day when the state government had issued orders to form committees to ensure proper treatment and care of patients. As many as 11 persons died of the virus on Sunday. Sawai Madhopur and Sirohi reported their 11th casualties, Ajmer reported its 35th death, Baran reported its 5th while three died in Bharatpur, taking its casualties to 49. Three died in Jaipur, which took its toll to 182. Tonk reported its third fatality.

With new infections in the state soaring, the recovery rate has taken a further dip and the graph of active cases has moved up quickly. For every 100 confirmed cases, 71 have recovered from the virus. This was 80 on June 4. However, for every 100 confirmed cases, 27 are currently infected in the state as active cases touched a new high of 9,852 cases. In the last one week, the number of new infections has grown by an average of 3% every day, which shows that the infection has not slowed down, but has instead picked up pace.
A majority of the districts are now grappling with Covid in the state, especially Jodhpur which zoomed past the 6,000 mark. The district now has 6,066 cases and is the first in the state to do so. It took 21 days for Jodhpur to double the cases from 3,000 to 6,000. However, in the same period, Alwar cases have increased four times. The district, which had 703 cumulative cases 21 days ago, now has 2,914.
Except Banswara, Bhilwara and Sirohi, all other districts have contributed to the biggest single-day jump reported in the state on Sunday. The districts which reported new cases are Jodhpur (239), Alwar (150), Bikaner (82), Jaipur (71), kota (68), Jhalawar (50), Nagaur (49), Bharatpur (49), Pali (45), Dholpur (37), Ajmer (36), Churu (36), Udaipur (33), Bundi (29), Barmer (28), Karauli (23), Sikar (20), Jhunjhunu (14), Jalore (11), Baran (11), Sawai Madhopur (9), Rajsamand (7), Dausa (6), Dungarpur (6), Ganganagar (5), Chittorgarh (5), Jaisalmer (5), Hanumangarh (3), Pratapgarh (2), Tonk (2) and one from another state.