Jaipur’s Covid-19 toll touches 200-mark

JAIPUR: The city has witnessed a sudden spike in Covid-19 deaths as it touched 200-mark on Sunday. During the past week, the city has seen 18 people losing their lives to Covid-19.
This is the worst week in terms of Covid-19 casualties in the city since June last week.
Apart from record Covid-19 deaths in Jaipur, the state set a new record of the highest single-day jump of 1,167 new infections for the seventh time in the past 10 days. The tally has reached 44,410 cases in the state.
The city is yet again getting momentum in Covid-19 deaths, which is a major cause of concern for the health authorities. Twelve people died of Covid-19 in the state on Sunday, out of those, five fatalities happened in Jaipur.
The Pink City is the first to report 200 deaths while Jodhpur with 84 cumulative deaths is at the second spot in the list of districts reporting highest number of Covid-19 fatalities. Jaipur accounts for 28 per cent of the total casualties reported in the state.
Besides, the state crossed 700-mark in Covid-19 deaths on Sunday with Nagaur reported two deaths, Jaipur(5), Ajmer (3) and Alwar (2).
Moreover, the active cases in the state touched a new high of 12,488 breaking Saturday’s record of 11,881.
While the active cases are constantly increasing over the past few days, it has affected the state recovery rate badly. The recovery ratio, which had touched 80 per cent in the first week of June has now slipped to 70 per cent on Sunday morning, which means that for every 100 confirmed cases, 70 people have recovered from the virus.
For the past 10 days, the state has been constantly reporting more than 1,000 new infections daily, which is why the growth rate once again has risen to 3.2 per cent from 3 per cent. In the last week, the number of cases has gone up by an average of 3.2 per cent every day.
Currently, Alwar has the highest number of active cases at 2,405, followed by Jodhpur (1776), Jaipur (1445) and Kota (960).
Districts which reported new cases are Alwar (128), Jaipur (127), Kota (142), Pali (105), Ajmer (95), Jodhpur (84), Bikaner (77), Barmer (49), Sikar (43), Baran (42), Jhalawar (41), Nagaur (33), Udaipur (30), Bharatpur (22), Sriganganagar (21), Sirohi (20), Dungarpur (20), Sawai Madhopur (16), Jalore (15), Churu (11), Pratapgarh (9), Karauli (8), Tonk (6), Chittorgarh (6), Rajsamand (5), Hanumangarh (3), Jhunjhunu (3), Bhilwara (2), Banswara (2) and Dausa (2).