Coronavirus: Rajasthan Reports Fifth Casualty As 82-Year-Old Man Passes Away; Total Cases In State At 210

An 82-year-old man from Jaipur became the fifth casualty in Rajasthan due to coronavirus, confirmed health officials in Jaipur, adding that six new cases have been reported on Sunday (5 April) taking the total tally to 210 in the state.

The deceased was a resident of Mehro ka rasta chokdi Ram Chandra ji ki Ghat gate, Jaipur. He was admitted on 4 April at medicine unit 3/burn unit, SMS hospital, Jaipur and passed away on 5 April 5 at 12:16am, Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh told.

Meanwhile, the six new corona cases reported on Saturday include a 40-year male who travelled from Dubai on 20 March to Jaipur, second is a 48-year-old male, who is a Tablighi Jamaat member, and third is another male of the same age, but both are from Jhunjhunu, the fourth is 25-year-old male contact of Tablighi from Bikaner, the fifth and the sixth are 28-year-old and 69-year-old males who are from Dausa and are close contacts of Tablighi, said Singh.

Out of 210, 46 cases are Tablighi members, he added.

Jaipur till date accommodates highest number of corona positive cases which is 56, followed by Bhilwara which has 27 patients, Jhunjhunu 18, Jodhpur and Tonk 17 each, Churu 10, Ajmer, Alwar and Bharatpur 5 each, Udaipur and Bikaner 4 each, Dausa 3, Banswara 2 and Karauli, Dholpur, Pali and Sikar have one each, Pratapgarh has two and Dungarpur has three.

Four deaths have been reported in the state earlier out of which two deceased were from Bhilwara, one from Alwar and one from Bikaner.