Daily Infections Decline In State, But Deaths Rise For 7th Consecutive Day | Jaipur News

JAIPUR: For seven consecutive days, the number of deaths due to Covid-19 has been increasing daily in the state even as fresh infections dipped for three days in a row.

The state reported 23 deaths in 24 hours, the highest since June 11 when 27 persons died of Covid. But the number of new cases was 32% less on Monday than what was reported on Sunday. The daily rise in active cases too has slowed down a bit. Active cases rose from 93,442 to 93,502 at a daily growth rate of 0.06%.
This has been decreasing in the past three days. On January 21, active cases increased by 8.5%. But from January 22 to 24, the daily growth rate stood at 5.2%, 4.7% and 0.06%, respectively, showing a declining trend.
For the past three days, the number of cases reported daily has been decreasing after touching a high of 16,878 on January 21. In the next three days (Jan 22-24), this fell to 14,829; 14,112; and 9,480 cases, respectively, bringing the overall tally to 11,39,382.
With 23 persons dying in 24 hours, the state’s toll rose to 9,118. Five deaths were reported from Jodhpur, four from Jaipur, two each from Bikaner, Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, and one each was from Ajmer, Dholpur, Sriganganagar, Jalore, Karauli, Pali, Sikar and Tonk.
A health department official said that Jaipur had the highest number of active cases. As of now, there are 24,736 active cases in the city, with more than 98% being treated under home isolation. The city also reported 2,427 new cases. Active cases increased marginally from 24,340 to 24,736 in 24 hours.
Besides, 9,397 persons too recovered in the state, with Jaipur accounting for 2,024 of them and Jodhpur 810.