155 deaths, 17,100+ infections in Rajasthan; active cases at 1.76 lakh

JAIPUR: As many as 155 people died and 17,155 infections were reported in the state on Friday. Jaipur recorded 40 deaths, which were its highest-ever in a single day. The overall Covid cases are now 5,98,001 while the state now has 1,76,485 active cases. Also 10,034 people got discharged from various hospitals across the state.
As per the figures, Jodhpur reported maximum number of deaths, as 393 people died of Covid there since April 1. And it was followed by Jaipur, where 227 deaths were reported. It is seen that the number of daily cases in the state was four times in the second fortnight of April as compared to the first fortnight. Also, the number of deaths were almost 10 times in the second fortnight than what were reported in the first fortnight. “Second fortnight has been bad for us so far. We had not seen much severe cases in the first fortnight but in the second fortnight, we were asked for oxygen-enabled beds and ventilators in many of the cases,” said Dr Ajeet Singh, superintendent of RUHS.
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot was also among those who were found Covid-positive on Thursday. A team of doctors from the SMS hospital and RUHS are continuously monitoring him. Despite getting infected, Gehlot has continued his review meetings on Covid situation in the state.
Hospitals continued to get patients with oxygen requirements while relatives of those admitted in the hospitals kept trying their sources to get one vile of Remdesivir injection and also oxygen cylinders for their patients. Many hospitals in Jaipur and other parts of the state are left with no oxygen-enabled beds or ICU beds.
Jaipur reported 40 deaths, which took its total toll to 763. Also in Jaipur, the number of active cases has gone up to 37,785. Jaipur was followed by Jodhpur where 38 deaths were reported and it took its total deaths to 598. Similarly, 10 deaths were reported from Udaipur.
Districts which reported new cases are: Jaipur (3,616) which continued to log highest cases in the state on Friday. It was followed by Jodhpur with (2,339) cases, Udaipur (1,221), Alwar (1,011), Sikar (858), Kota (762), Bikaner (612), Ajmer (580), Bhilwara (555), Chittorgarh (441) and 388 cases were reported from Rajsamand.