Rajasthan reports 5 coronavirus deaths, 338 new infections, state tally over 5,000

Yash Goyal
Jaipur, May 19 

Rajasthan reported five COVID-19 deaths and 338 cases on Tuesday, making it the single largest increase in infection the state has seen so far, officials said.

Officials said of the number, 232 were migrants.  

Dungarpur (87),  Pali (77), Jodhpur (39), Nagaur (22), Barmer (17), Jaipur (17), Sirohi (17), Udaipur (16), Bikaner (12), Sikar (7), Kota (5), Ajmer (3), Tonk (5), Churu (3), Bhilwara (2), Jhunjunu (2), Pratapgarh (2), Chittorgarh (1) Dausa (1), Dholpur (1), Jhalawar (1), Alwar (1) all reported new cases, Rajasthan government’s evening bulletin showed.

The five deaths took Rajasthan’s death toll to 143.

The state’s COVID-19 infection tally meanwhile rise to 5,845.

Jaipur reported two of the five deaths, and Kota, Nagaur, and Sikar each reported, a medical bulletin said.

Of the states infections, 2,365 are active cases, and 3,337 have recovered so far, of which 2,928 have already been released from hospitals

At 74, Jaipur still has the highest number of deaths. Jodhpur (17), Kota (13), Ajmer (5), Nagaur (5), Pali (4), Bharatpur (3),  Bikaner (3), Sikar (3),  Alwar (2), Karauli (2), Jalore (2),  Bhilwara (2),  Chittorgarh (2), and Churu (1),  Banswara (1), Udaipur (1), Pratapgarh (1), Sawaimadhopur (1) and Tonk (1) make up the rest of the state’s death count.