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11 am | Rajasthan
Three deaths in Rajasthan; toll up to 65
Three deaths — two in Jaipur and one in Jodhpur — reported in Rajasthan today, taking the toll of COVID-19 related deaths to 65. Twelve COVID-19 positive cases detected in six districts of the State today. The tally of positive cases in Rajasthan is now 2,678.
Of them, 1,116 have recovered and 714 have been discharged from hospitals. As of now, the State has 1,497 active cases, says the Medical & Health Department.
The deceased in Jaipur were a 55-year-old male patient and a 15-year-old boy. Both of them resided in the curfew-bound Walled City of Jaipur. A 67-year-old man who died in Jodhpur had coronary artery disease, a co-morbidity, accordin