76-yr-old man dies due to coronavirus, 47 more test positive for COVID-19 in Rajasthan

A 76-year-old man, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died in Jodhpur and 47 new cases emerged in Rajasthan on Thursday, taking total number of positive cases of COVID-19 to 430 in state.

76-year-old man was identified during a survey in Jodhpur, ACS (Medical and Health) Rohit Kumar Singh said. With this, death toll due to vel coronavirus rose to seven in state.

Singh said 47 more people, including a doctor from Jodhpur who was engd in a door-to-door survey, tested positive for coronavirus in Rajasthan. Of new 47 cases, 11 are from Jaipur, seven each in Tonk, Jhalawar and Jhunjhunu, five in Jaisalmer, three in Jodhpur, two in Banswara and one in Barmer, ACS said.

Four of 1,036 people, who were evacuated from Iran, also tested positive for coronavirus, he said, adding that a total of 40 evacuees have contracted virus so far. se four people are included in list of 47 patients tested positive in state till 2 am on Thursday, Singh added.

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