Udaipur adds record 59 cases in a day, tally at 79

UDAIPUR: The city that had been in the orange zone for two months saw a sudden rise in Covid-19 cases as 59 people tested positive within 24 hours on Friday.
The report issued by the state health department confirmed 59 positive cases, which took the number of total Covid-19 cases in the district to 79.
Fifty-five of the fresh 59 cases are from Kanod ki Haveli at Kanji ka Hata alone, while four others have been reported from Nehru Bazaar in Meenapada, Haridasji ki Magri and Neemach Mata at Devali.Majority of these cases have a direct or indirect link to the 30-year-old home guard man's family who were tested positive a day ago. Seven of his family members were found positive on Thursday. This triggered the number of positives in the locality, which is a congested lane with cluster of houses joined together. The medical department held a marathon screening and sent 305 samples for testing once the home guard’s family was confirmed positive. As a part of the containment strategy, the entire walled city area under Surajpole police station has been isolated, as the special focus is on the new identified hotspot at Kanji ka Hata with high concentration of positive cases. The curfew which was imposed in some areas of the Surajpole police station was extended to more parts, including Jogiwada, Meenapada etc, from where new cases were reported on Friday.