JAIPUR: Amid rising concerns on Omicron, the state witnessed the biggest single-day spike of 45 cases in five-and-a-half months. The last time state had reported more than 45 cases was on July 11 when 52 persons were found infected.
One person died of Covid in the last 24 hours taking the casualty count in December to eight. Since July 31, only nine deaths have been reported with one fatality in November and the rest in December. The state’s toll currently stands at 8,963. “The Kota woman who died was 70-year-old,” said Dr BS Tanwar,chief medical health officer, Kota.
One person died of Covid in the last 24 hours taking the casualty count in December to eight. Since July 31, only nine deaths have been reported with one fatality in November and the rest in December. The state’s toll currently stands at 8,963. “The Kota woman who died was 70-year-old,” said Dr BS Tanwar,chief medical health officer, Kota.
In the state, the active cases have increased from 244 to 271 in the past 24 hours. Out of them, 129 are currently in Jaipur, accounting for 47.6% of the active cases. “We are conducting contact tracing of people and taking their samples for testing. We have strengthened our sampling,” said a health department official in Jaipur.
For the past three days, Jaipur has been reporting increase in Covid cases. In just three days, the city has reported 61 fresh infections. On Saturday, 26 persons were found infected in Jaipur, four cases each were reported from Bhilwara and Jodhpur, Ajmer reported three cases, two cases each were reported from Sikar, Sirohi, Bikaner. Two cases were reported from Bikaner while Udaipur reported one case.
