As over 24,400 recover, active cases fall in Rajasthan for second day | Jaipur News

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JAIPUR: With 24,440 patients recovering from Covid-19 on Sunday, the state reported the biggest single-day rise in the category, bringing active cases down from 2,08,688 to 1,94,382 in 24 hours. Daily active cases have now fallen for the second consecutive day. The dip in daily infections in the past four days is also sharp after it dropped from16,384 cases on May12 to10,290 cases on Sunday.
For the past two days, the state reported negative growth in active cases. On Saturday, the daily growth in active cases was -4,065, while on Sunday, it was -14,306. The negative growth in active cases is due to 41,921 patients recovering in just two days even as daily new infections started going down.
“This is a good sign. Daily new infections are going down and the number of recoveries are going up, pushing active cases down,” said a senior health department official.
Despite decline in cases, city hosps running to full capacity
Jaipur: With 8,432 recoveries, Jaipur reported the highest number in the category, followed by Jodhpur (3,459), Bhilwara (1,213), Sawai Madhopur (890), Alwar (888), Udaipur (790), Sriganganagar (789), Barmer (720) and Rajsamand (712).
After four days of continuous decline in number of Covid deaths, on Sunday, the figure rose again as 156 persons succumbed to the virus. From May 11 to May 16, the state reported 169, 164, 159, 155, 149 and 156 fatalities.
Despite the decline in Covid cases, hospitals are running to full capacity. To accommodate more patients, the health department has declared the Institute of Respiratory Diseases in Shastri Nagar as a dedicated Covid hospital and shifted the non-Covid patients to other government-run non-Covid hospitals.
The states overall tally now stands at 8,59,669, while the toll is at 6,777.
The districts which reported fatalities are Jaipur (41), Jodhpur (14), Bikaner (14), Udaipur (11), Alwar (10), Sikar (9), Rajsamand (7), Pali (6), Bhilwara (5), Jhunjhunu (5), Jhalawar (5), Kota (5), Barmer (4), Nagaur (3), Ajmer (3), Bharatpur (3), Tonk (3), Churu (2), Chittorgarh (2) and one each from Sirohi, Karauli, Dungarpur and Baran.
The districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (2,558), Jodhpur (776), Udaipur (607), Kota (481), Alwar (445), Sikar (429), Bharatpur (424), Jhunjhunu (359), Barmer (312), Jaisalmer (306), Ajmer (301), Dausa (267), Rajsamand (250), Bikaner (205), Hanumangarh (203), Bhilwara (201), Dungarpur (201), Chittorgarh (189), Churu (178), Sriganganagar (175), Jhalawar (169), Tonk (165), Nagaur (156), Pali (145), Baran (134), Sirohi (125), Banswara (123), Bundi (108), Sawai Madhopur (97), Karauli (81), Pratapgarh (58), Dholpur (52) and Jalore (10).