SUMMER NO HURDLE TO CORONA

Jaipur: The number of Covid-19 positive patients in the state crossed the psychological figure of 1000 on Tuesday. Contrary to the popular myth the number of the corona positives in the state is rising with the rising summer temperatures. 108 new positive patients surfaced during last 24 hours.

Jaipur, living to its new hotspot image, witnessed 83 new positives in a single day taking the state tally to 1005 patients. Jodhpur had 3 positives, Kota , Jhalawar 2 and` Jhunjhunu & Jaisalmer had one patient each. Total 34928 samples have been tested so far.

29376 samples were diagnosed negative while 4547 reports are awaited from the labs. On Tuesday night Jaipur was home to 453 positive cases followed by Jodhpur with 95 cases, Banswara & Tonk with 59 cases each , Kota 57 cases, Bikaner 34 cases, Jhunjhunu 32 cases, Jaisalmer 30 cases, Bhilwara 28 cases, Bharatpur 20 cases, Jhalawar 17 cases, Churu 14 cases, Dausa 11 cases, Alwar 7 cases, Nagaur 6 cases, Ajmer & Dungarpur with 5 cases each, Udaipur 4 cases, Karauli 3 cases, Hanumangarh, Pali, Pratapgarh & Sikar with 2 cases each and Barmer & Dholpur with one case each.

2 corona positives were Italians and 54 Indians evacuated from Iran and housed at Army Wellness Centre in Jaisalmer were found positive. The state has 25 districts with official corona positive patients. Soon the rapid testing kits will be put to use which might further see a substantial increase in the identified positive cases in the state.