JAIPUR: For the third consecutive day, the state set the record of highest daily Covid-19 cases, as 4,401 persons were found infected with the virus on Saturday, bringing its overall tally to 3,58,688.
This is for the first time since March 2020 that the state has reported more than 4,000 cases. An increase of 11% cases has been reported on Saturday, which shows the pace at which the infection has been spreading in the state. On Friday, the cases had increased by 12.5%.
On Thursday, the state reported 3,526 cases which rose to 3,970 new infections on Friday.
Meanwhile, 18 persons died on Saturday taking the state’s virus toll to 2,916.
The six districts that are most affected are Jaipur, Jodhpur, Udaipur, Kota, Dungarpur and Bhilwara, collectively reporting more than 62% of cases in the past 10 days. These six districts currently have 17,376 active cases, which also accounts for 62% of total active cases in the state.A health department official said, “Measures such as extension of duration of night curfew have been taken to prevent the spread of the virus. Masks and social distancing will help people in minimizing chances of getting infected. The cases are on the rise and people will have to take precautions.”
Among the most-affected, Jaipur is worst hit with 1,424 new cases in just three days. The health department teams are conducting contact tracing and taking samples of the suspected cases. At airport too, seven persons were found infected with the virus, a health department official said.
Districts which reported new cases are: Jaipur (657), Kota (599), Jodhpur (599), Udaipur (527), Bhilwara (258), Alwar (162), Ajmer (149), Dungarpur (117), Rajsamand (107), Dholpur (104), Jhalawar (100), Baran (94), Bikaner (94), Sawai Madhopur (89), Pali (88), Chittorgarh (84),Sirohi (57), Jalore (53), Pratapgarh (53), Banswara (50), Nagaur (48), Sikar (46), Hanumangarh (43), Bharatpur (37), Bundi (35), Tonk (31), Karauli (29), Sriganganagar (28), Churu (20), Dausa (19), Jaisalmer (11), Jhunjhunu (7) and Barmer (6).
With five deaths in Jodhpur, its toll rose to 319. Four persons died in Udaipur taking its fatality count to 147. With two deaths, Banswara’s toll rose to 42 and with one death each, Jaipur reported its 533rd, Pali 113th, Jhunjhunu 56th, Jalore 54th, Chittorgarh 46th, Bhilwara 42nd and Sirohi its 31st Covid death.