October sees a down trend in Covid cases in Jhansi

Jhansi: With continuous drop in fresh positive cases and increase in recovery rate, Jhansi witnesses a down trend in the impact of Covid-19 in the first fortnight of October, bringing relief to doctors, administration and the residents after a long period of time. The recovery rate of the district is 92.18%.
On Wednesday, 38 new cases were found to be positive after testing 3,282 people. On Tuesday, number of new positive cases were 53 out of 3,999 people tested, while on Monday, 53 out of 4,300 people tested positive with no death reported in past four days. Moreover, the district has crossed the two lakh mark in Covid testing.
As per the medical bulletin released by Jhansi DM Andra Vamsi on Wednesday, total positive cases in the district are 7,932, of which 6,240 have been discharged till now, including 44 discharged on Wednesday. The recovery rate of Jhansi is 92.18%.
Presently, active positive cases are 459. Of these, 93 are symptomatic—13 severe, 35 moderate and 45 mild in nature. The total number of Covid deaths in the district is 161, having a case fatality rate (CFR) of 2.0. Presently, 1,072 patients are in home isolation in the district.
As per the data shared by the district administration, with a brief downward trend in June and July, the recovery rate has shown a continuous growth throughout the period. Similarly, the case fatality rate (CFR) which had shot up at an alarming rate of 13.3 in June, has reduced to 2.0. However, the CFR is still on higher than the state and national average of 1.5.
Similarly, the positivity rate that had peaked to 7, has come down to 4. Active positive cases have dipped from the highest 892 in August to 459 at present.