Rajasthan: 98 fresh COVID-19 cases reported Friday, total cases reach over 560

Jaipur, Apr 10 (PTI) total number of coronavirus cases in Rajasthan rose to 561 as 98 fresh cases were reported in state on Friday while fatality count due to disease increased to eight with death of a 65-year-old woman at a hospital here, officials said.

fresh cases include eight people evacuated from Iran, y said.

Defence sources said all 1,036 Indians evacuated from Iran h tested negative for virus in that country but 50 of m have tested positive w. y were kept in Army-run quarantine facilities.

"With 98 fresh cases reported on Friday, total number of COVID-19 patients has reached 561, whereas with death of a 65-year old woman who died at SMS hospital in Jaipur on Thursday evening, number of deaths has increased to eight," an official said.

On Friday, maximum number of cases -- 53 -- were reported in Jaipur, a hotspot, taking tally of COVID-19 patients in state capital to 221.

Banswara reported 12 cases, Jodhpur nine, Jaisalmer eight,  Jhalawar three, Kota two and Alwar, Bharatpur and Dausa one each.

On Thursday evening, a 65-year-old woman suffering from disease died in Jaipur, taking death toll in state due to COVID-19 to eight.

" woman from Ramganj in Jaipur was mitted to SMS Hospital on Wednesday with complaint of respiratory distress pneumonia and co-morbidity hypertension. She tested positive for COVID-19 and was on ventilator," an official said.

This was first death of a coronavirus patient in Ramganj and second in Jaipur.

On Sunday, a man from Ghat Gate in state capital h died of COVID-19. PTI SDA  RDM

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