Weekly positivity rate in Rajasthan falls for 1st time in 11 weeks

JAIPUR: The weekly positive rate in the state has dipped after rising continuously for 11 weeks. The positivity rate, which was 23% on May 7-13, has now gone down to below 19%. This shows the pace at which the Covid infection was spreading earlier has slowed down.

Out of 3,98,256 samples tested from May 14-20, 75,668 were found infected for a positivity rate of 18.9%. The positivity rate on May 7-13 was 23%. On Februay 19-25, the rate was 0.58%. This started climbing steadily in the subsequent weeks to reach a high of 23.4% in the second week of May before falling the next week.
With 16,705 persons recovering on Thursday, active cases have gone further down from 1,53,126 to 1,43,974 in 24 hours. Besides, for the third consecutive day, the state reported less than 10,000 new infections. The state reported 127 Covid deaths and 7,680 new daily cases on Thursday, taking the death toll to 7,346 and overall tally to 8,97,193.
“The number of persons testing positive is going down daily, reducing the active cases. Deaths are also reducing in numbers. The focus is to expand healthcare facilities across the state and recruit health consultants and assistants,” said a health department official.
The impact of decreasing active cases can be easily seen in the admissions of new patients and bed occupancy in Covid hospitals, which have fallen over the last 3-5 days.
The districts which reported deaths are Jaipur (21), Jodhpur (10), Udaipur (9), Bikaner (9), Jhalawar (7), Alwar (6), Pali (6), Hanumangarh (6), Sriganganagar (4), Ajmer (4), Dungarpur (4), Sikar (4), Jhunjhunu (3), Churu (3), Bhilwara (3), Bharatpur (3), Chittorgarh (3), Bundi (3), Kota (3), Pratapgarh (3), Barmer (2), Banswara (2), Dholpur (2), Sawai Madhopur (2), Nagaur (2), Rajsamand (2) and Dausa (1).
The districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (1,517), Jodhpur (601), Bikaner (453), Sikar (427), Kota (427), Udaipur (401), Sriganganagar (302), Barmer (301), Alwar (301), Jaisalmer (274), Hanumangarh (250), Jhunjhunu (202), Bharatpur (194), Churu (178), Jhalawar (176), Pali (172), Dausa (167), Chittorgarh (156), Rajsamand (145), Ajmer (134), Dungarpur (126), Nagaur (111), Bhilwara (104), Pratapgarh (82), Banswara (76), Sikar (71), Bundi (68), Baran (67), Sawai Madhopur (60), Tonk (52), Karauli (49), Dholpur (23) and Jalore (13).