Daily Covid cases drop for 2nd day in Rajasthan, fatalities rise to 169 | Jaipur News
However, the number of daily deaths stood at 169, the highest single-day fatality reported in the state so far. Active cases continued to rise as it stood at 2,05,730. Though 13,198 people were discharged from various hospitals in the state, bed and ICU availability remained chaotic.
At hospitals like RUHS, many patients in their oxygen enabled ambulances and vehicles kept waiting. Likewise, in the rural areas, locals kept taking patients from one hospital to another for admissions.
TOI on Tuesday visited RUHS and found that at least 100 ambulances were waiting outside for admissions. “We have been working on full capacity. Based on discharges, we take new admissions,” said Dr Ajeet Singh, RUHS superintendent.
Such is the panic in other parts of the state now that in Kota, government hospitals have started refusing admissions of patients coming from bordering Madhya Pradesh.
Also in the border districts like Sriganganagar and Hanumangarh, locals are in touch with their relatives in Punjab and Chandigarh to get admission in hospitals.
A day after 2,918 fresh cases in Jaipur, the city recorded 3,613 cases on Tuesday. The city also witnessed 57 Covid deaths, which took its toll to 1,294. The number of active cases also increased to 49,884. Majority of private and government hospitals are full and have stopped taking fresh admissions.
Seeing the growing number of cases in the past fortnight, hospitals have been discharging patients within seven days to make room for patients with severe or very severe symptoms. Still, majority of the hospitals remained packed with patients and the crisis of oxygen supply remained troubling them and the attendants of the patients.
Jaipur was followed by Jodhpur where 18 deaths were reported which took its total death count to 863. Udaipur saw 14 deaths which took its fatality count to 455.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (3,613) and was followed by Udaipur (1,506), Jodhpur (1,303), Jaisalmer (860), Kota (740), Alwar (705), Bharatpur (688), Sriganganagar (508) and Ajmer (505).
