30 new Covid-19 cases reported in R'sthan, tally up to 166

The coronavirus positive count continued to maintain an upward curve in Rajasthan on Friday with 30 new cases, taking the total tally to 166 which includes 29 members of the Tablighi Jamaat who were at the congregation in Delhis Nizamuddin Markaz in March, said Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh.

Jaipur, April 3 The coronavirus positive count continued to maintain an upward curve in Rajasthan on Friday with 30 new cases, taking the total tally to 166 which includes 29 members of the Tablighi Jamaat who were at the congregation in Delhis Nizamuddin Markaz in March, said Additional Chief Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh.

While 12 new cases have been reported each from Jaipur and Tonk, Udaipur witnessed 3 such cases, Bikaner had two and Dausa had one corona positive case reported on Friday.

Dausa, in fact, reported the first positive case of corona.

Udaipur, which also reported its first case on Thursday, reported three new cases on Friday who are the relatives of the first patient.

In Jaipur, 7 fresh cases were reported on Friday morning who are all members of Tablighi Jamaat while five more cases were reported in the afternoon.

"All five are admitted at Rajasthan University Health Services out of which 4 are from Tamil Nadu," said Singh.

Besides these, three evacuees from Iran who landed at Jodhpur and Jaisalmer, also tested positive on Friday.

( With inputs from IANS )