Rajasthan reports lowest COVID positive cases in 185 days

  • | Thursday | 14th January, 2021

Rajasthan reported the lowest COVID active cases in 185 days as occupancy of beds reserved for pandemic patients have gone down significantly.

Rajasthan reported the lowest COVID active cases in 185 days as occupancy of beds reserved for pandemic patients have gone down significantly.

In Jaipur, less than 250 Covid patients are undergoing treatment in hospitals currently.

The state had 5,779 active cases on July 12 which rose to 5,788 the next day. It is for the first time since July 13 that the state has reported less than 5,788 active cases. With 790 Covid patients declared recovered, active cases dipped to 5,780 on Wednesday. 

Jaipur has the highest 1,180 active cases, followed by Kota (508), Jodhpur (420), Udaipur (394), Bhilwara (326).

A senior health department official said with active cases going down rapidly, the occupancy of beds in hospitals reserved for Covid patients has also reduced significantly. Officials appealed to people to continue taking precautions such as maintaining social distancing, wearing face masks, and practice hand hygiene.

In the last 24 hours, three persons died while 373 others tested positive taking tha casualty count to 2,742 and cumulative infection count to 3,14,091.

Districts that reported new cases are Jaipur (72), Kota (36), Bhilwara (29), Ajmer (29), Nagaur (26), Jodhpur (26), Dungarpur (22), Udaipur (21), Alwar (17), Pali (17), Rajsamand (13), Chittorgarh (12), Sirohi (8), Baran (6), Bharatpur (5), Sikar (5), Sriganganagar (5), Banswara (4), Bikaner (4), Bundi (4), Hanumangarh (3), Tonk (3), Jhunjhunu (2), Churu (1), Dausa (1), Jhalawar (1) and Karauli (1). Jodhpur reported its 298th Covid-19 fatality, Sikar its 100th, and Bharatpur reported its 52nd Covid-19 casualty.


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