Rajasthan reports 9 deaths, 395 new cases; highest single-day rise

Yash Goyal
Jaipur, June 23

 Rajasthan reported nine coronavirus deaths and 395 new confirmed cases—the highest single-day rise the state has reported yet.

Jodhpur reported three deaths and Bhilwara reported two. Sriganganagar, Jaipur, Kota and Sikar all reported one case each.

This takes the death toll in Rajasthan to 365 from 15,627 cases. A medical bulletin shows 3,049 of that number are active cases.

Medical and Health Secretary (ACS) Rohit Kumar Singh claimed the state’s recovery rate was at an all time high of 78.2 per cent, and the death rate is now 2.33 per cent—about 0.33 higher than May.

Jaipur reported 107 positive cases—the highest of any district on Tuesday. This number included 76 Indians who returned from abroad recently.

Dholpur (53), Jodhpur (40), Sirohi (24), Barmer (21), Jalore (19), Bharatpur (18), Pali (15), Ajmer (13), Bhilawara (12), Sawaimadhopur (11), Alwar (10), Rajsamand (7), Hanumangarh (6), Sikar (5), Udaipur (5), Churu (5),  Jhunjhunu (4), Karauli (4), Nagaur (3), Kota (3), Dausa (3), Jhalawar (3), Bikaner (2), and other states (2) made up the rest of the count on Tuesday.

About 4,558 migrants have tested positive since May 1.

The medical bulletin shows that 12,213 have been recovered, of whom 11,969 have been released from hospitals.

The breakup of the death toll is as follows: Jaipur (151), Jodhpur (37),  Bharatpur (30), Kota (21),  Ajmer (14),  Nagaur (12), Pali (8), Bikaner (7), Chittorgarh (6),  Sikar (6), Sawaimadhopur (5),  Bhilwara (5), Sirohi (5), Alwar (5), Baran (4), Karauli (4),  Dholpur (3),  Udaipur (3),  Jalore (2), Dausa (2),  Banswara (2), Sriganganagar (2),  Barmer (2), Churu (2), Rajsamand (1),  Pratapgarh (1), Jhunjhunu (1), and Tonk (1). Besides this, 23 fatalities of patients hailing from neighbouring states are also included in the toll.