JAIPUR: The number of
Covid-19 infections dipped on Friday when only 93 new cases from all over the state witnessed. One death has been reported from Rajsamand which took total number of deaths to 2,784 in state. Almost 50% of the districts have got no
fresh infections. Authorities of the
health department stated that in next couple of days they are expecting the
active cases to be below 1,000 in the state.
In Jaipur, only 25 new cases of Covid-19 were reported. “There has been a continuous dip in the number of active patients especially those who are under hospitalisation. We now have 265 active patients out of which almost 10% are only hospitalised,” said a senior officer of CMHO, Jaipur office.
Except Jaipur, majority of the places in the state witnessed below 10 cases, while some of them have got zero new infections. “The districts including Alwar, Bharatpur, Bikaner, Bundi, Churu, Dausa, Dholpur, Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhunjhunu, Karauli, Sawai Madhopur, Sikar, Sirohi and Tonk have not witnessed any fresh infections on Friday,” said an officer with the health department.
With the fresh 93 cases the total number of cases in the state are 3,19,363, but continued dip in the active cases and hospitalisation has relieved the doctors and para medical staff tirelessly working at various hospitals in the state for past 10 months.
Senior doctors who are part of the core team of
Covid treatment at SMS Hospital stated that the number of patients with severe symptoms have almost vanished in past one fortnight.
“There is a very less percentage of patients who are been given remdesivir or even oxygen therapy. It is a good sign,” said Dr Sudhir Bhandari, principal and controller, SMS medical college. However, authorities stated that despite the dipping trend people should not ignore social distancing, hand washing and wearing of masks.