Rajasthan reports biggest single-day spike of 1,264 new corona cases

JAIPUR: With the biggest single-day jump of 1,264 new Covid infections, the state’s tally rose to 57,364 on Thursday. In the last 24 hours, 11 people lost their lives taking the cumulative casualty count to 833.
Among the districts, Kota reported 200 new infections, the highest in the state, while Jaipur and Jodhpur reported more than 100 new cases. Ten districts contributed 50 or more new cases.
Two persons died in Udaipur taking its toll to 16, three died in Bharatpur taking its toll to 60, three died in Jaipur taking its toll to 223, two died in Sriganganagar taking its toll to five, while Bikaner reported its 49th Covid fatality.
In Jaipur, five employees of the directorate of medical and health services were found infected. The highest number of cases were detected from Mansarovar (22), followed by Jhotwara (14), Sanganer (9), Vidhyadhar Nagar (8), Jhalana (8), Shastri Nagar (6), Adarsh Nagar (6), Bassi (6), while rest of the cases were reported 37 other areas of the city.
Districts which reported new cases are Kota (200), Jaipur (157), Jodhpur (133), Sikar (91), Ajmer (80), Bikaner (78), Alwar (73), Bhilwara (59), Udaipur (53), Bharatpur (50), Chittorgarh (40), Pali (34), Barmer (32), Sriganganagar (25), Jhalawar (23), Hanumangarh (21), Karauli (21), Rajsamand (20), Dholpur (19), Jalore (14), Churu (12), Baran (9), Nagaur (8), Dausa (7), Pratapgarh (4) and Sawai Madhopur (1).
Health minister Raghu Sharma said in the past few days, increasing number of cases have been detected in the state due to increased number of testing.
“Testing is the only option available to prevent the spread of the virus. Only through testing, we can identify asymptomatic cases, which are more than 90% of the total cases. If asymptomatic cases remain undetected, they might spread the virus to other places unknowingly,” said Sharma.