JAIPUR: The state on Saturday reported its lowest single-day spike in the past 66 days after the number of daily infections dropped below the 1,000 mark for the first time since April 1.
The state had recorded the biggest one-day spike of 18,298 cases on May 2.
In 34 days, the number of daily infections had come down to 942 cases.
On the casualty front too, the state reported the lowest number of fatalities since April 16.
In the past 24 hours, the state witnessed 32 fatalities against 31 deaths reported on April 16 and 37 the next day.
On May 11, the state had reported 169 Covid deaths, the highest so far.
As on Saturday, the cumulative count of positive cases in the state was 9,45,442 while the casualty count was 8,631.
In Jaipur, active cases have dipped below the 5,000 mark for the first time since April 9.
The city had witnessed 4,087 active cases on April 9 and 5,292 on April 10.
A health department official said, “People should continue following Covid appropriate behaviour and lockdown guidelines issued by the state government to avoid any risk of getting infected.
Though the number of cases has gone down, people need to take precautions.” The daily Covid positivity rate currently stood at 1.7%, which means that out of every 100 tests done, around two persons were found infected.
Out of the 53,944 samples tested across the state in the past 24 hours, 942 were found infected.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (170), Alwar (133), Jhunjhunu (70), Jodhpur (60), Bikaner (57), Sikar(44), Jaisalmer (42), Hanumangarh (34), Udaipur (32), Barmer (30), Churu (30),Dausa (24), Sriganganagar (21), Ajmer (20), Chittorgarh (19), Nagaur (17),Jhalawar (15), Pali (14), Bhilwara (13), Banswara (11), Kota (9), Baran (9),Bharatpur (9), Dungarpur (9), Bundi (8), Tonk (8), Sirohi (7), Pratapgarh (7),Rajsamand (6), Karauli (6), Jalore (4), Dholpur (3) and Sawai Madhopur (1).
Districts which reported Covid deaths are Jaipur (7), Udaipur (4), Jodhpur (3), Churu (3), Rajsamand (2), Alwar (2)and one death each was reported from Jhunjhunu, Sirohi, Sikar, Pratapgarh,Kota, Karauli, Hanumangarh, Sriganganagar, Dausa, Bikaner and Bharatpur.