Bed occupancy drops to 50%; Rajasthan records 2,600 fresh Covid infections

JAIPUR: On Friday the state reported 78 Covid-19 deaths, while 2,648 tested positive bringing overall tally to 9,33,848. With 78 deaths, the state’s toll rose to 8,181. With the continued dip in cases the occupancy at majority of the hospitals in the state is now 50%. Also, on Friday 11,177 got discharged from different hospitals.
“We witnessed full occupancy from first week of April till second week of May. However, since May 16 we have witnessed a drop in the admissions and the crowd at the emergency too has decreased,” said Dr Ajeet Singh, superintendent of RUHS, Jaipur. He added that there has been continued dip in the mortality rate — a good sign.
In Jaipur where cases were more than 3,000 per day during April, 501 cases were reported on Friday. Jaipur has now 14,839 active cases. “Despite this I will appeal to all to follow Covid appropriate behaviour,” said Dr Sudhir Bhandari, principal and controller, SMS medical college.
Jaipur was followed by Alwar where 178 cases were reported, Jodhpur (173), Udaipur (157), Hanumangarh (151), Sikar (118), Kota(113), Bikaner (111), Pali (109), Sriganganagar (106) and at Jhunjhunu (101) cases were reported.
Districts which reported deaths are Jaipur (17), Alwar and Bikaner (6 each), Udaipur, Jodhpur (5 each), Barmer, Jhunjhunu, Hanumangarh, Sriganganagar (4 each) , Ajmer and Tonk (3 each), Dungarpur, Jaisalmer, Jhalawar, Sikar (2 each) and one death each was reported from Sirohi, Pratapgarh, Pali, Kota, Churu, Bhilwara, Bharatpur, Banswara and Baran districts.