Rajasthan sees highest single-day spike of 9,046 new cases; tally crosses 4 lakh

The weekend curfew remained effective on Saturday as shops and offices except essential services remained closed. The curfew will continue in the state till 5 am on Monday.

Rajasthan recorded its biggest single-day spike of 9,046 fresh Covid-19 cases on Saturday, pushing the tally to 404,355, while the death toll mounted to 3,109 with 37 more fatalities, according to an official report.

Jaipur: Bamboo poles placed as barricading to keep people inside an area declared a Covid-19 containment zone at Malviya Nagar, in Jaipur, Rajasthan, India on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (Himanshu Vyas / HT Photo)

Meanwhile, the weekend curfew remained effective on Saturday as shops and offices except essential services remained closed. The curfew will continue in the state till 5 am on Monday.

The state government had announced the weekend curfew after a high-level review meeting chaired by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Thursday night.

However, polling and election-related activities in Sahara (Bhilwara), Sujangarh (Churu) and Rajsamand (Rajsamand) constituencies were exempted.

Rajasthan now has 59,999 active novel coronavirus cases, the report said.

A maximum of 1,484 new cases were reported in Jaipur, followed by 1,265 in Jodhpur, 1,049 in Kota, 783 in Udaipur, 591 in Alwar, 407 in Bhilwara.