JAIPUR: Number of
Covid deaths have been reducing every week. In the first week of January, 31 people lost their lives to the virus in comparison to 46 in the last week of December.
Though deaths in first week of January was fewer than fatalities in the previous week, mortality rate was slightly higher at 0.91% compared to 0.83% in gthe last week of December.
The
health department is taking measures to prevent deaths. Health minister Raghu Sharma said, “The state is alert on Covid and due to which the graph of the cases has been going down rapidly. The recovery rate has touched 96.6% and mortality rate is much lesser in comparion to other states. Active cases are also going down.”
With 735 more persons recovering from the virus, the state’s tally of persons cured of Covid rose to 3,01,425. Besides, active cases have gone below the 7,500 mark. Health department figures showed the state was currently accommodating 7,468 active cases.
In the last 24 hours, four persons died and 509 others tested positive taking the fatalities to 2,727 and infections to 3,11,620.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (100), Jodhpur (43),
Ajmer (40), Bhilwara (34), Kota (31), Rajsamand (31), Udaipur (31), Nagaur (25),
Chittorgarh (22), Alwar (21), Dungarpur (19), Jhalawar (18), Pali (12), Banswara (9), Baran (9), Bundi (8), Barmer (7), Sirohi (6), Bharatpur (4), Sriganganagar (4), Hanumangarh (4), Bikaner (4), Dholpur (4),
Sikar (4), Pratapgarh (4), Karauli (3), Jhunjhunu (3), Tonk (3), Sawai Madhopur (3), Dausa (2) and Jalore (1).
Jaipur reported its 507th Covid-19 death, Jodhpur 294th, Tonk 36th and Sirohi reported its 29th Covid-19 fatality.