Covid: Infection count nears 49k, recovery numbers improve in Rajasthan

JAIPUR: More persons recovered from Covid in comparison to new infections reported on Thursday. While 1,282 patients recovered from the ailment, 1,151 new infections were reported from across the state taking the case count to 48,996. In the last 24 hours, 12 persons died taking the toll to 757.
For two days in a row, the number of recovered cases have been over 1,000, which has brought down the count of active cases marginally.The active cases, which were 13,251 on Wednesday, have come down to 13,108.
Barmer reported the highest recovery of 422 cases, followed by Alwar (270), Jodhpur (144) and Jaipur (68). The recovery rate has also increased from 70% to 71% in one day, which means for every 100 confirmed cases, 71 have recovered.
The growth rate of new infections has also slipped below 3%. From July 29 to August 5, the number of new infections has grown by an average of 2.9% daily.
Active cases are still a major cause of concern for the health authorities. In Alwar, there are 2,558 active cases, followed by Jaipur (1,663), Jodhpur (1,589), Kota (1,238) and Bikaner (634).
Districts which reported new cases are Alwar (204), Jodhpur (140), Jaipur (109), Kota (130), Bhilwara (92), Udaipur (82), Bikaner (71), Ajmer (67), Bharatpur (40), Sriganganagar (36), Chittorgarh (22), Tonk (21), Churu (21), Dungarpur (19), Banswara (17), Rajsamand (16), Jhalawar (15), Bundi (13), Pali (12), Jhunjhunu (12), Dholpur (4), Hanumangarh (3), Dausa (2), Baran (1), Jalore (1) and Karauli (1).
Bikaner reported five deaths taking its toll to 47, Dholpur reported two fatalities taking the district toll to 18 and Jodhpur reported its 85th casualty. Bundi reported its first Covid fatality and Jhunjhunu its 6th. Jaipur reported its 213th fatality and Nagaur its 32nd.