Rajasthan logs over 14,000 new Covid-19 cases, 13 deaths

JAIPUR: The state reported 14,079 new Covid cases in 24 hours, bringing its overall tally to 10,84,083. The virus also claimed the lives of 13 persons too, taking the toll to 9,044. In two days, 25 persons have died of Covid, taking the toll to 80 in January.
Jaipur, Bikaner and Kota reported two deaths each, while one death each was reported from Barmer, Jaisalmer, Jhalawar, Jhunjhunu, Jodhpur, Nagaur and Rajsamand.
The active cases in the state increased from 74,561 to 78,099. Jaipur reported the highest number of Covid cases in 24 hours at 2,919, followed by Alwar (1,410), Jodhpur (851), Bharatpur (841), Udaipur (810), Kota (716) and Ajmer (570). These seven districts reported 57.6 per cent of the state’s corona cases.
However, active cases in Jaipur have decreased from 20,829 to 20,090 in 24 hours as 3,656 patients recovered from Covid.
Health department officials said that the weekly positivity rate in the state has increased from 7.6 per cent to 15.5 per cent in just a week, doubling up the active cases in the state.
Besides, 10,528 persons have recovered from Covid in the state, which is the highest number of recovered cases in the current scenario.
A health department official said that in Jaipur, 415 patients are currently undergoing treatment in hospitals, while the remaining patients are undergoing treatment under home isolation. It is now following the Centre’s new guidelines on discharging patients, which allows declaring patients recovered, in seven days of testing positive for Covid.