131 citizens, including 88 from Jaipur, test Covid positive for virus | Jaipur News

JAIPUR: There’s no respite from rising Covid-19 cases in city, with 88 people testing positive for the virus in the past 24 hours. Out of these, 13 were reported from the district jail at Ghat Gate in Jaipur. The state also witnessed the biggest one-day spike in Omicron cases on Wednesday with 23 people testing positive for the new virus strain. Overall, some 131 persons were also found infected by Covid in the state. Active cases, meanwhile, breached the 500 mark and touched 527.
In just 48 hours, the Ghat Gate district jail in Jaipur reported 21 cases, all of them inmates. None of the staff have been found infected by the virus. However, health department officials collected samples from the staff on Wednesday. “We are conducting contact tracing as cases have been found from the jail,” said Dr Narrottam Sharma, chief medical health officer, Jaipur-I.

“We are conducting contact tracing as cases have been found from the jail,” said Dr Narrottam Sharma, chief medical health officer (CMHO), Jaipur-I.
The first cases from the jail were found after some inmates in barracks complained about flu-like symptoms such as cold and cough. “We conducted a sampling of inmates after they reported symptoms of Covid two days ago. We found eight inmates infected by the virus on Tuesday,” said Dr Dinesh Pilaniya, nodal officer, Covid care centre, district jail.
The medical staff at the jail dispensary swung into action and isolated the eight cases from other inmates. They conducted contact tracing of the eight and collected samples of 27 other inmates. “We received test reports of 27 samples taken from inmates and, out of those, 13 were found infected today,” said Dr Pilaniya.
During the first wave, the jail had reported a large number of Covid cases and authorities started a Covid care centre. The same centre is now being used to isolate infected inmates. The healthcare staff of jail dispensary is taking care of the 21 patients.
According to doctors, all of them have mild symptoms and none of them have any complication.
Officials said that, currently, the jail has 450 inmates and they were keeping an eye on their health and collecting random samples.
The first cases from the jail were found after some inmates in barracks complained about flu-like symptoms such as cold and cough. “We conducted a sampling of inmates after they reported symptoms of Covid two days ago. We found eight inmates infected by the virus on Tuesday,” said Dr Dinesh Pilaniya, nodal officer, Covid care centre, district jail.
The medical staff at the jail dispensary swung into action and isolated the eight cases from other inmates. They conducted contact tracing of the eight and collected samples of 27 other inmates. “We received test reports of 27 samples taken from inmates and, out of those, 13 were found infected today,” said Dr Pilaniya.
During the first wave, the jail had reported a large number of Covid cases and authorities started a Covid care centre. The same centre is now being used to isolate infected inmates. The healthcare staff of jail dispensary is taking care of the 21 patients.