JAIPUR: State’s Covid recovery rate rose to 92.5% on Thursday as 2,339 more people got cured of the virus.
In Jaipur, 555 people beat the virus taking the count of recovered patients to 44,117, the highest in the state, followed by Jodhpur (37,704), Alwar (20,292), Bikaner (18,495), Kota (16,227), Ajmer (15,187) and Pali (9,747).
Among the eight districts with the highest number of recovered cases, Jaipur has the lowest recovery rate at 83.3% while Alwar has the highest with 98.6%. Jodhpur has a recovery rate of 90%.
Jaipur and Jodhpur collectively reported 64.2% of the active cases in the state. “We are taking measures to bring down the number of active cases in Jaipur and Jodhpur. In the last few days, the number of active cases have come down in both the districts,” said a senior health department official.
Out of 20,568 cumulative cases in Alwar, 20,292 have recovered logging a recovery percentage of 98.6. Out of 18,764 cumulative cases in Bikaner, 18,495 have recovered logging a recovery percentage of 98.5. Kota, Ajmer and Pali have 98.4%, 97.4% and 96.4% recovery rate, respectively.
Pali reported its 100th Covid death and it became the eighth district in breaching 100-mark in casualties.
In the last 24 hours, 15 persons died taking the casualty count to 2,500 while infected count touched 2.87,219 riding on 1,592 new cases.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (365), Jodhpur (166), Kota (91), Ajmer (82), Alwar (81), Pali (75), Udaipur (71), Bhilwara (64), Bharatpur (55), Nagaur (52), Dungarpur (45), Tonk (34), Sikar (34), Chittorgarh (34), Baran (31), Jalore (30), Bikaner (30), Bundi (28), Barmer (27), Rajsamand (26), Sawai Madhopur (22), Hanumangarh (22), Jhalawar (21), Dausa (19), Banswara (19), Jaisalmer (15), Srigangangar (12), Sirohi (11), Dholpur (11), Jhunjhunu (10), Churu (7) and Karauli (2).
Three persons died of Covid in Jodhpur taking its fatalities to 262, with two more deaths Jaipur’s toll rose to 468, With two deaths Ajmer’s toll rose to 205, With two deaths Kota’s toll rose to 155, Udaipur 106th, Pali 100th, Jhunjhunu 46th, Sriganganagar 40th, Dungarpur 34th and Dausa reported its 21st Covid-19 death.