5 die of coronavirus in Jaipur; Rajasthan toll reaches 82

Yash Goyal

Jaipur, May 5

Jaipur on Tuesday reported five Covid-19 deaths taking the toll in Rajasthan up to 82.

With this, the total number of positive cases has reached 3,099 with 38 new entries in state hospitals reported till Tuesday morning, a state medical bulletin said. 

Jaipur has reported a record number of positive cases, 1036, in the state, followed by Jodhpur with 725 patients. 

Jaipur recorded the maximum casualties at 51, followed by Jodhpur 11, Kota six, two each in Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Sikar, Nagaur, and one each in Nimbahera, Bikaner, Alwar, Ajmer and Tonk. 

Of the 1,440 people who recovered after treatment 982 have been discharged from hospitals.  

‘Prevent vehicles’ entry from Uttar Pradesh’ 

To check community spread from neighbouring border of Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan Minister of State for Medical and Health Subhash Garg has directed the district officials and cops to prevent their illegal entry by digging up roads and farmlands immediately.

Garg who held a meeting with the authorities on Monday evening asked them to hire earthmovers and dig roads and sidelanes in villages to stop illegal entry of youths, families on two-wheelers and four-wheelers, especially from Agra. 

“Bharatpur is going to be corona free, but such intrusion of suspected Covid cases into the district has created community spread in recent days, hence it is necessary to check their migration without going into the quarantine process,” he said. 

Every entrant should be given a pass by the district authorities by screening and quarantine, he said. He also advised them to put up CCTV cameras for monitoring movement into the district from Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh side.