Jaipur, Jul 29 (PTI) No fresh death due to COVID-19 was recorded in Rajasthan on Thursday, while 17 new cases pushed the state's infection tally to 9,53,622, according to an official report.

Twenty-seven districts out of total 33 in the state did not record a single case of the virus on Thursday, it said.

The death toll from the pandemic stands at 8,953.

Of the fresh COVID-19 cases, eight were reported from Jaipur and three from Udaipur besides other cities.

A total of 9,44,410 people have recovered from the infection and the number of active cases at present is 259.

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