Two more deaths, coronavirus cases jump to 4,035 in Rajasthan

Yash Goyal
Our Correspondent
Jaipur, May 12 

Two more patients, one each from Jalore and Bikaner, died due to coronavirus, taking the death toll to 115 on Tuesday.

“While the positive patients’ figure has reached to 4035 with 47 new COVID-19 inflicted faces to different hospitals in the state, an official medical bulletin”, said here.

Jaipur has recorded maximum casualties of 61, followed by Jodhpur 17, Kota 10, Ajmer 5, two each in Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Sikar, Chittorgarh, Nagaur, Pali and one each in Bikaner, Churu, Alwar, Karauli, Banswara, Pratapgarh, Sawaimadhopur and Tonk.

Altogether 2,362 patients have been recovered and of which 2,077 have been discharged.

Now, there are only 1,558 active patients getting treatment in hospitals.

MNREGA

The Panchayati Raj Minister and Deputy CM Sachin Pilot said over 24.31 lakh labourers have been given employment under MNREGA in rural Rajasthan in last 25 days. This is the highest among five other states including UP, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, he said, adding only UP is close to Rajasthan with 22.6 lakh labourers on NREGA.

This was made possible by engaging the maximum number of the labour force, which returned from other states with strict monitoring, he elaborated.