Rajasthan: All districts report below 100 new cases for 1st time since March 23

JAIPUR: Not a single district in the state reported over 100 new Covid-19 cases on Monday, showing that the second wave was receding. The last time the state saw a similar situation was on March 23 when 480 new cases were reported.
Since March 23, this is for the first time that all districts have recorded less than 100 daily infections. On Monday, the state saw 629 Covid cases, with Jaipur witnessing the highest at 75.

For Jaipur, too, it was the lowest single-day spike since its touched a previous low of 62 on March 27. The last time, the city reported less than 100 daily infections was on March 30. The state reported 31 Covid deaths and 629 new infections on the day, bringing the toll to 8,687 and overall tally to 9,46,975.
Some 3,429 persons recovered from the virus, taking overall number of recovered cases to 9,22,544 and recovery rate to 97.4%. Besides, the number ofactive cases fell to 15,744.
Health minister Raghu Sharma said, “People should continue following Covid appropriate behaviour. The state government is now preparing to deal with the third wave.”