Jaipur's Covid toll touches 200 mark
JAIPUR: The city has witnessed a spike in Covid deaths as it touched the 200 mark on Sunday. In the past week, 18 people have lost their lives to the virus, which is the worst week in terms casualties in the city since June last week. The state also set the new record of highest single-day jump of 1,167 new infections taking the cumulative count to 44,410.
Out of the 12 deaths in the state on Sunday, five fatalities took place in Jaipur.
Pink City is the first to report 200 deaths, while Jodhpur with 84 deaths is at the second spot in the list of districts reporting highest number of Covid fatalities. Jaipur accounts for 28% of the total casualties reported in the state.
With Sunday’s 12 deaths, fatalities in the state crossed the 700 mark. While five deaths were reported in Jaipur, Nagaur reported two deaths, Ajmer (3) and Alwar (2).
Active cases touched new high of 12,488 cases breaking Saturday’s record of 11,881. While active cases are constantly increasing over the past few days, it has affected state’s recovery rate badly. The recovery ratio, which had touched 80% in first week of June, has now slipped to 70%.
For the past 10 days, the state has been constantly reporting more than 1,000 new infections daily, which is why, the growth rate once again has rose to 3.2% from 3%. In the last one week, the number of cases has grown by an average of 3.2% every day.
Currently, Alwar has the highest number of active cases at 2405, followed by Jodhpur (1776), Jaipur (1445) and Kota (960).
Districts which reported new cases are Alwar (128), Jaipur (127), Kota (142), Pali (105), Ajmer (95), Jodhpur (84), Bikaner (77), Barmer (49), Sikar (43), Baran (42), Jhalawar (41), Nagaur (33), Udaipur (30), Bharatpur (22), Sriganganagar (21), Sirohi (20), Dungarpur (20), Sawai Madhopur (16), Jalore (15), Churu (11), Pratapgarh (9), Karauli (8), Tonk (6), Chittorgarh (6), Rajsamand (5), Hanumangarh (3), Jhunjhunu (3), Bhilwara (2), Banswara (2) and Dausa (2).
BOX:
New infections: 1167
Cumulative cases: 44,410
Today’s deaths: 12
Cumulative deaths: 706
Today’s recovered: 548
Cumulative recovered: 31,216
Active cases: 12,488
Today’s highlights:
Jaipur crossed 200 mark in Covid deaths
State breached 700 mark in fatalities
Active cases set a new high of 12,488
Ajmer zoomed past 2,000 cases
Last 10 days saw more than 1000 cases in Raj
August 2
1167
August 1
1160
July 31
1147
July 30
1156
July 29
1144
July 28
1072
July 27
1134
July 26
1132
July 25
1120
Week by week deaths in Jaipur
June 29- July 5
06
July 6-12
10
July 13-19
06
July 20-26
03
July 27-02
18
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