Rajasthan reports 3,000 Covid deaths so far, cases al all-time high | Jaipur News
The grim milestone comes on a day the state recorded 29 fatalities, the highest single-day jump, which took the cumulative toll to 3,008.
The pace at which the virus is spreading can be gauged by the fact that in the last three days (April 12 -14), the state added 12,919 active cases.
For the last three days, the state is setting new records in daily Covid deaths. While 25 persons died on April 12, the next two days saw 28 and 29 casualties.
Medical education secretary Vaibhav Galriya at a meeting headed by chief minister Ashok Gehlot said, “The mortality rate due to Covid in Rajasthan is 0.78%, while is lower than the national average of 1.24%. The cause of worry is that till April 13, the virus has claimed 161 lives, while the demand of oxygen in hosptials has gone up by four times.”
He said that positivity rate has rose to 5.01%, a notch lower than the national average of 5.32%.
The positivity rate, which was 1.21% from March 3 to March 9, has increased to 3.16% from March 24 to March 30 and is now at 5.01%. With increase in positivity rate, the state reported biggest single-day spike of 6,200 new infections, taking the overall tally to 3,81,292.
Earlier, on April 12, the state had reported 5,771 cases, which was highest ever jump in daily infections.
For the fourth day in a row, the state’s active cases touched new highs. The state now has 44,905 active cases, which was 40,690 on April 13, 36,441 (April 12) and 31,986 (April 11).
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (1325), Udaipur (918), Jodhpur (820), Kota (646),Bhilwara (355), Alwar (279), Ajmer (247), Dungarpur (191), Bikaner (170), Chittorgarh(135), Rajsamand (126), Sawai Madhopur (114), Baran (89), Sikar (84), Bharatpur(71), Banswara (67), Sriganganagar (61), Nagaur (60), Jhalawar (50), Pratapgarh(48), Jhunjhunu (46), Dholpur (42), Churu (42), Bundi (39), Hanumangarh (38),Jalore (34), Barmer (24), Pali (22), Sirohi (20), Dausa (14), Tonk (12) and Jaisalmer (11).
Five deaths reported in Kota taking its fatalities to 188, Jaipur reported four deaths taking its toll to 544, with four deaths Udaipur’s toll rose to 160, with three deaths Jodhpur’s casualty rose to 333, two deaths happened in Ajmer taking its fatalities to 236, two deaths reported in Jhalawar taking its fatality to 30,Bikaner 172nd, Sikar 105th, Alwar 81st, Jalore 55th, Churu 43rd, Tonk 38th, Baran 37th, Sirohi 32nd and Dausa reported its 26th death.
