Covid-19 update: in good and bad news, 5 Rajasthan districts are disease-free, but a sudden spike causes alarm



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Five districts in Rajasthan were free of Covid patients19 on Thursday after 78 of the 80 patients reported in these districts: 14 in Churu, 42 in Jhunjhunu, 9 in Sawai Madhopur, 4 in Karauli and 11 in Hanumangarh were declared negative for the disease. . Two patients had died before.

61 of the remaining 78 patients have already been discharged and the rest are in quarantine, to be discharged soon.

The state has generally done well in terms of recoveries, with half of all coronavirus-positive patients now cured. The state has also reduced the backlog of pending evidence from 5,000 three days ago to less than 2,000, data released Wednesday showed.

State health department officials said Rajasthan’s recovery rate was better than the top 10 Covid-19 infected states in the country. According to data shared by states as of May 5, while India’s overall recovery rate was 27.66 percent, the recovery rate in Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh was higher.

State Health Minister Raghu Sharma said that about 52% of Covid 19 positive patients in the state have turned negative due to extensive surveillance, quarantine, sampling and maximum testing.

“As of Thursday afternoon, 3,400 people received positive crown funds, of which 1,740 were cured after treatment and 1,284 were discharged,” he said.

On the other hand, a surge in new cases has alarmed the government, leading to the sealing of borders with neighboring states on Thursday.

Rajasthan in the past 24 hours has recorded more than 200 positive Covid-19 cases, bringing the state’s active case count to 1,565, as of Thursday afternoon.

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