Jaipur contributes 31% of Rajasthan’s total active cases

JAIPUR: Pink City’s pandemic situation is worsening as 31% of the state’s active cases belong to Jaipur. At the same time, the state’s active cases breached the 15,000 and touched a new high of 15,090 cases on Tuesday. Along with it, the state reported the biggest single-day spike of 1,590 new infections taking the overall tally to 94,126.
Graph of active cases in Jaipur continuously moving up as the number of active cases rose to 4,671, the highest in the state, followed by Kota (2,618), Jodhpur (1,633) and Alwar (607). Active cases in Jaipur are constantly increasing with each passing day forcing the health authorities and district administration to create more space in hospitals. “We are expanding our treatment facilities for Covid patients in Jaipur,” said a senior health department official.
In the last 24 hours, the virus claimed 13 lives taking the state’s toll to 1,164.
Ajmer reported its 79th Covid-19 death, Alwar 6th, Bharatpur 73rd, Chittorgarh 9th, Jodhpur 113th, Kota 83rd, Udaipur 39th, Bikaner 84th, Jaipur 290th, Jalore 13th, Jhalawar 5th, Pratapgarh 7th and Sawai Madhopur reported its 16th Covid-19 fatality.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (325), Kota (185), Jodhpur (149), Alwar (117), Ajmer (86), Pali (69), Sikar (61), Bikaner (50), Jhalawar (44), Bundi (43), Bhilwara (43), Chittorgarh (39), Nagaur (39), Baran (34), Dholpur (28), Banswara (26), Sriganganagar (25), Udaipur (25), Bharatpur (24), Jaisalmer (24), Dungarpur (22), Barmer (20), Sirohi (18), Churu (16), Karauli (16), Jalore (15), Rajsamand (13), Sawai Madhopur (12), Tonk (9), Hanumangarh (8), Jhunjhunu (4) and Dausa (1).