Two more Covid-19 deaths in Rajasthan

Yash Goyal

Our Correspondent

Jaipur, May 27

Two more patients succumbed to Covid-19 in Rajasthan as 109 new persons tested positive in the state on Wednesday morning.

Two persons died in Jaipur, pushing the death toll up to 172. The tally of inflicted patients went up to 7645, a medical bulletin said.

Out of 7645 cases, 2029 are migrants. Positive cases among the migrants are found in 31 out of 33 districts. In Dungarpur, Nagaur, Pali, Jalore, Rajsamand the number is in three digits.

In the latest spurt of positive cases, Jhalwar reported 64 cases, followed by 16 in Kota, 12 in Nagaur, six each in Jaipur and Bharatpur, two in Jhunjhunu, and once each in Karauli, Bikaner and Dausa.

Among the 32 districts that are coronavirus affected, Jaipur has the most cases, 1866, with 88 fatalities. Jodhpur has 1278 cases with 17 deaths.

So far, 4293 out of 7645 have recovered, while 3180 are active cases.  

CM asks PM to disclose Centre’s plan

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has demanded the Prime Minister Narendra Modi to disclose the Centre’s course of action after the ending of lockdown 4.0 on May 31.

In a series of tweets on Tuesday night, Gehlot wrote, “The nation is waiting to know the central government’s action on the 4th lockdown ending soon”. 

Online campaign

Rajasthan Pradesh Congress Committee will launch an online campaign on Wednesday from 11 am to 2 pm. The objective of the campaign is to bring to the notice of the Centre the voice of lakhs of migrant workers, farmers, organised sector workers, MSMES, small businessmen and daily wagers going through the crisis due to lockdown, a party spokesperson said here on Wednesday.