JAIPUR: The state reported the lowest tally in daily new Covid-19 cases since April 7 on Tuesday. On April 7, the state had reported 2,801 cases and, the next day, 3,526 persons tested positive. On Tuesday, the state saw 3,404 daily cases, which is the lowest daily tally in the category over the past 48 days.
The trajectory of daily new infections has been falling sharply in the state for many days now. On May 2, the state had reported 18,298 new Covid infections, the highest-ever in a single day. Compared to May 2, daily new infections was 81.3% lesser on the day. This indicates the pandemic situation has improved drastically in the state.
Though daily cases kept fluctuating since May 2, it never went above the 18,298 figure. In the past eight days, daily new infections have never gone up above the 10,000 mark, showing the pace at which the virus was spreading has slowed down.
In the past 12 days, the state reported negative growth nine times. On May 24, the state reported the biggest negative growth (in percentage terms) or minus 32.3% as daily new infections fell from 6,521 to 4,414.
Active cases have also fell to 87,530 on Tuesday. This had reached an all-time high of 2,12,753 , on May 14. In the past 11 days, active cases have come down by 1,25,223.
“As many as 14 districts have reported less than 50 daily new infections. This shows that the situation is improving,” a health department official said.
Meanwhile, the state reported 105 Covid deaths on Tuesday, taking the toll to 7,911. The state’s overall tally rose to 9,23,860.
The districts which reported fatalities are Jaipur (20), Udaipur (12), Jodhpur (9), Bikaner (8), Jhalawar (6), Hanumangarh(6), Rajsamand (4), Kota (4), Bharatpur (3), Jhunjhunu (3), Churu (3), Sriganganagar (3), Banswara (3), Alwar (3), Jaisalmer (2), Pratapgarh (2),Bhilwara (2), Barmer (2), Dungarpur (2) and Pali, Nagaur, Sawai Madhopur, Karauli, Tonk, Chittorgarh, Bundi, Ajmer one each.
The districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (832), Udaipur (275), Alwar (233), Kota (167), Jhunjhunu (144), Dungarpur (141), Jodhpur (113), Bikaner (111), Sikar (110), Jaisalmer (109), Ajmer (103), Churu (102), Hanumangarh (101), Barmer (99), Sriganganagar (99), Bhilwara (82), Bharatpur (77), Nagaur (65), Pali (55), Baran (46), Chittorgarh (45), Tonk (41), Rajsamand (38), Pratapgarh (34), Bundi (31), Dausa (27),Jhalawar (24), Sawai Madhopur (24), Sirohi (22), Karauli (16), Banswara (15), Dholpur (13) and Jalore (10)
