Rajasthan logs 17 new infections, no active cases in 13 districts | Jaipur News

A man receives a vaccine shot in Jaipur on Friday

JAIPUR: After continuous dip in Covid infections, there was a minor rise in cases, as 17 persons tested positive for the virus in state on Friday, bringing its overall tally to 9,54,068. However, no death was reported due to Covid. State’s overall toll stands at 8,954. Also, 13 districts in the state are left with zero active cases and the total active cases are now 111.
Jaipur continued to be on top in terms of fresh Covid cases as seven cases were reported from the city. Areas from where the cases were reported included, C-scheme, Jhotwara, Mansarovar, Sanganer, Shastri Nagar, Sirsi, Vaishali Nagar.
Jaipur was followed by Alwar and Udaipur, where three cases each were reported. Likewise, one case each was reported from Ajmer, Hanumangarh, Jodhpur and Rajsamand. “For the past one-and-a-half month, the situation is totally under control where patients with less severity (of symptoms) are coming. Also no death was reported in this month so far,” said an officer with the health department while quoting figures.
Authorities, attributed this to the large-scale vaccination programme in the state.
“In the state, more than 1 crore people have completed their two doses and this has also been one of the reasons why no major spike in the cases has been seen. We are hopeful to expedite vaccination in September and will urge the Centre to provide good number of vaccines,” Dr Raghuraj Singh, nodal officer, vaccination told TOI. “The continuous dip in the active cases is a good sign, so does the recovery. Also, in these new infections, it is evident that people with less severity are coming to hospitals, which is the reason why no deaths are reported,” said an officer with the health department.