Coronavirus in Rajasthan: Tally inches closer to 2,000-mark as 76 more COVID-19 cases surface
With 36 more people testing positive for the infection, the coronavirus cases in Rajasthan has now touched 2,000 on Friday. Of which 13 were reported from Jaipur, 18 from Kota, 4 from Jhalawar & 1 from Bharatpur. On Thursday, 76 people tested positive for the infection. The test report of a 75-year-old man who died in Sikar on Wednesday also came positive on Thursday.
With this, the number of COVID-19 deaths in the state has gone up to 28.
"The 75-year-old man, a resident of Laxmangarh in Sikar, was admitted to the district hospital there with a complaint of hypertension on April 15. His samples were collected on Wednesday," Additional Chief Secretary (Medical and Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said.
According to him, among the fresh novel coronavirus cases, 23 were reported from Jodhpur; 18 from Nagaur; 15 from Jaipur; eight from Kota; three each in Ajmer and Bharatpur; two each from Sikar and Hanumangarh; and one each in Jhunjhunu and Barmer.
In Jaipur, 10 out of 15 cases were reported from Ramganj, three from Shastri Nagar and one each from the MD road area and Mansarover.
Meanwhile, samples of 118 media persons were collected in Jaipur, Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Narottam Sharma said.
The samples were taken as a precautionary measure. According to a state government report, a total of 69,764 samples have been collected in the state so far. Of them, 1,964 tested positive for the virus.
Reports of 4,315 samples are awaited.
(With PTI inputs)
