COVID-19: 213 new cases, including 6 BSF personnel, in Rajasthan

Yash Goyal
Jaipur, May 15 

Coronavirus positive cases have taken an upward trend since early this week as six BSF personnel were among 213 new patients admitted to the state run hospitals in Rajasthan on Friday.

The positive patients’ tally has gone up to 4,747 now since March 3. 

Last week the Covid prevalence figure was within 100 but this week it jumped to 213 gradually every day, and Medical and Health Minister Raghu Sharma attributed this rise to migrants and enhancement of random sampling and testing across the state. 

There are 49 BSF personnel who are active cases as of today. 

There was no mortality, however, in the state on Friday and the death toll remained at 125, a medical bulletin said. 

Of today’s cases, Kota reported 48 patients, Udaipur 38, Jodhpur 31, Jaipur 23, Pali 13, Chittorgarh 9, Sikar 7, Jaislamer 6, Jalore and Ajmer 5 each, Dausa 4, Churu, Hanumangarh, Nagaur two each, Karauli, Jhunjhunu, Jhalawar, Dungarpur, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Barmer, Baran one each.

Besides there are six BSF personnel who have been tested positive, and one patient was from other state who was found positive.  

Overall 327 returnee migrants also figured in the positive cases tally. However there are only 1,893 active cases in the hospital. 

Of 4,747 patients, 2,729 have recovered and of them 2,421 have been discharged. 

Jaipur has recorded the maximum casualties of 67 including four of Uttar Pradesh’s patients, followed by Jodhpur 17, Kota 10, Ajmer 5, three in Nagaur and Pali,  two each in Alwar, Karauli, Bikaner, Bharatpur, Bhilwara, Sikar, Chittorgarh, and one each in  Jalore, Churu,  Banswara, Pratapgarh, Sawaimadhopur and Tonk.