JAIPUR: In a major milestone achieved by the health department, the Covid-19 recovery rate in the state touched 91% on Thursday. Not just that, the number of persons reported recovered in October till Thursday was also higher than the new infections. As many as 62,752 patients recovered in October as against 58,127 cases of Covid, taking the recovery rate for the state in this month to 107%. With the daily new infections also having reported a dip, active cases have shown a significant drop.
Even though there have been signs of improvement in the Covid situation in the state, the health department has appealed to the people to continue taking precautions. Health minister Dr Raghu Sharma said that wearing mask is more effective than administering vaccine.
According to experts the threat of infection reduces up to 90% by wearing a mask. He said that the general public, by making it a habit to wear masks, can significantly reduce the spread of infection.
Dr Sharma said that with no vaccine available in the market so far to prevent corona, mask is one’s best safety gear. He said that even if vaccine comes its effect will not be more than 60%, whereas if any person wears a mask regularly chances of getting infected by the virus go down by 90%.
He said that the government is distributing approximately 1 crore masks throughout the state.
While the situation has imporved, deaths are still being reported. Eleven persons died, while 1,790 tested positive for Covid in the state on Thursday bringing the overall tally to 1,93,419. With 11 deaths, the state’s toll rose to 1,888.
Jodhpur reported two Covid deaths taking its tally to 182. Jaipur recorded its 369th virus death, Ajmer 139th, Udaipur 70th, Sikar 56th, Alwar 55th, Chittorgarh 30th, Sriganganagar 26th, Dungarpur 24th and Jaisalmer its 15th Covid death.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (335), Jodhpur (275), Bikaner (251), Alwar (91), Sikar (89), Sriganganagar (72), Ajmer (63), Nagaur (52), Kota (51), Bharatpur (51), Udaipur (49), Jhunjhunu (43), Jalore (42), Pali (41), Bhilwara (37), Barmer (32), Sirohi (29), Churu (28), Dausa (25), Jhalawar (20), Hanumangarh (18), Jaisalmer (17), Tonk (16), Rajsamand (16), Chittorgarh (13), Banswara (8), Dungarpur (7), Sawai Madhopur (6), Bundi (5), Baran (4) and Dholpur (4).