Rajasthan: Seven districts report no covid case in 24 hours

JAIPUR: Seven districts in the state did not report a single Covid case on Saturday. The rest 26 districts reported 193 cases and 7 deaths taking the overall casualty count to 8,891 and cumulative count to 9,50,961.
Among those districts which did not report any Covid case were Banswara, Bundi, Dungarpur, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar and Sawai Madhopur.
While Dungarpur did not report a single case for the fifth time this week, Banswara, Bundi and Jhalawar reported no fresh infections for the fourth time in a week. No case was reported in Jaisalmer, Sawai Madhopur and Bhilwara for two days this week.
The state has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload. The state’s active caseload currently stands at 3,451 after a net decline of 332 cases in the last 24 hours. Active cases are now only 0.4% of the state’s total positive cases.
As more people are recovering from Covid, state’s daily recoveries continue to outnumber new cases. The state reported 518 recoveries in the last 24 hours, pushing the recovery rate to 98.7%.
A health department official said though the recovery rate had crossed 98%, but it was time to remain alert and people should continue following preventive measures such as wearing masks, maintaining social distancing and avoiding gatherings.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (55), Ajmer (25), Jodhpur (19), Srigangangar (13), Bikaner (12),Hanumangarh (9), Jhunjhunu (7), Tonk (6), Udaipur (5), Nagaur (5), Pratapgarh(5), Ajmer (5), Churu (5), Sikar (4), Dausa (3), Barmer (2), Karauli (2),Rajsamand (2), Bharatpur (2), Bhilwara (1), Chittorgarh (1), Dholpur (1), Pali(1), Sirohi (1), Kota (1) and Baran (1).
One death each was reported fromUdaipur, Rajsamand, Jodhpur, Hanumangarh, Dungarpur, Sriganganagar and Bikaner.