Rajasthan reports 25% of total Covid cases in last 10 days

JAIPUR: The pace at which the Covid is spreading can be gauged with the fact that in the past 10 days the state has reported 25% of the total cases since the first person was found infected on March 3.
For the 10th day in a row, the state reported more than 1,000 cases when 1,145 new infections were detected on Monday taking the cumulative tally to 45,555. Besides, 13 persons died pusing the toll to 719.
Rajsamand reported two deaths taking its toll to 7, Nagaur reported its 31st fatality, with six more deaths, Jaipur casualties rose to 206, Ajmer’s death toll reached 50 with three more people succumbing to the disease and Bharatpur reported its 54th death.

The cause of worry for health authorities is the rapid rise in active cases which touched a new high of 12,785 breaking Sunday’s record of 12,488 cases. Currently, Alwar has 2,459 active cases, the highest in the state, followed by Jodhpur (1774), Jaipur (1558) and Kota (945). Besides, 835 Covid patients have been cured taking the tally of recovered cases to 32,051.
Kota became the eighth district which crossed the 2,000-mark in cumulative cases as 130 new infections were reported. The other seven districts which already have reported more than 2,000 cases are Jodhpur (7239), Jaipur (5798), Alwar (4373), Pali (2752), Bharatpur (2692), Bikaner (2146) and Ajmer (2117).
Districts which reported new cases are Jodhpur (141), Alwar (141), Kota (130), Jaipur (124), Sikar (84), Nagaur (78), Bundi (70), Barmer (65), Ajmer (52), Bikaner (38), Bharatpur (35), Udaipur (31), Sawai Madhopur (30), Chittorgarh (25), Tonk (19), Bhilwara (15), Pratapgarh (9), Jhunjhunu (8), Jhalawar (7), Jaisalmer (6), Sirohi (5), Dausa (5), Karauli (3), Hanumangarh (2), Dholpur (1), Rajsamand (1) and 20 BSF personnel have also been tested positive for the virus.