Rajasthan reports 44 new COVID-19 cases, toll reaches 1,395

One death and 44 more COVID-19 cases have been reported from Rajasthan on Sunday (April 19), taking the tally of coronavirus cases in the state to 1,395, the state Health Department said.

“Out of the total positive cases found today, 27 were from Jodhpur city while eight were reported from Bharatpur. Two cases were each reported from Jaipur, Kota, Jhalawar districts. While Jaisalmer, Nagaur, Hanumangarh recorded one case each,” the Health Department added.

The death of the COVID-19 patient has been reported from Jaipur.

The state health department further stated in its bulletin that a total of 47,904 samples have been collected so far. Out of these 39,714 have come out negative. Out of this total, 6,795 samples are under process in the state.

Rajasthan from Friday started conducting rapid tests for the infection with the help of the newly-acquired rapid antibody testing kits.

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The kits help in speeding up the testing time and detect carriers of the Sars-Cov-2 virus who could potentially infect others.

The state got 10,000 rapid test kits and 52 samples were tested, all of which were negative.

“The rapid tests would help the government in the ongoing containment exercise as people tested positive will be quickly isolated to prevent further spread,” said Rohit Singh, additional chief secretary, health to Hindustan Times.

He added, “This is part of our strategy to use an optimal mix of both types of tests for effective containment in an aggressive manner.”