Rajasthan: 21 districts report zero new Covid infections

JAIPUR: Twenty-one out of the 33 districts of the state did not report even a single Covid case on Monday while the rest reported just 55 infections taking the overall count to 9,52,789.
To add to the decreasing count, 12 districts reported 10 or fewer active cases. As on Monday, the number of active cases in the state stood at 1,092. Alwar has the highest number of active cases at 282, followed by Jaipur (220), Jodhpur (85) and Sikar (47).
Twelve districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (19), Dausa (8), Sirohi (5), Jodhpur (4), Bikaner (4), Hanumangarh (4), Sriganganagar (3), Bharatpur (3),Alwar (2), Barmer (1), Jalore (1) and Bhilwara (1).
A health department official said, “The tally of recovered cases has increased to 9,42,756 with 140 more persons recovering from the virus. The recovery rate is almost 99%,” said a senior health department official.
In the last 24 hours, three persons lost their lives due to the virus, taking the death toll to 8,941. Udaipur reported its 746th Covid death, Churu 107th and Banswara reported its 307th Covid fatality. In the past five days, state has reported 20 Covid deaths.
In Jaipur, 19 persons tested positive for Covid. The cases were reported from Jhotwara (3), Mansarovar, Jamwaramgarh and Sanganer reported two cases each while one case each was reported from Bhankrota, Chandpole, Jhalana, Kotputli,Malviya Nagar, Murlipura, Phagi, Pratap Nagar, Shahpura and Sodala.
Jaipur has also been witnessing a continuous fall in the active caseload as in the past five days, the number has reduced from 249 to 220. In the past five days, the city has not reported even a single Covid death. The last Covid death reported in the city was on June 30.