At 75% recovery rate, Rajasthan tops nation in curing Covid-19 patients

JAIPUR: Rajasthan has achieved an important milestone in the battle against Covid-19, coming on top for recovery rate of patients in the country. The state has a recovery rate of above 75%, meaning that 75 patients from 100 confirmed cases have recovered from the virus.

While Rajasthan has topped the list of states having the highest recovery rate, it is followed by Punjab with a 74.7% recovery rate. Odisha has a recovery rate of just above 70% and MP over 72%.

But even as the state did well in treating patients, its Covid toll breached the 300 mark on Monday. After nine more deaths, the fatalities now stand at 301.

Till Monday night, the state has reported 12,981 cases. Out of those, 9,785 persons have been cured, which is 75.3% of the confirmed cases reported in the state.

“Despite cases being constantly reported, the state is leading in the country in the Covid recovery rate. It is in the first place. Also, the duration of doubling of cases has also increased, which is 28 days now,” said health minister Raghu Sharma.

The health department is attributing the high recovery rate to ‘aggressive’ Covid testing. “Aggressive testing, leading to early detection of cases, combined with quality healthcare have helped Rajasthan achieve this. Mission Life Saving has enabled us to identify high risk and vulnerable cases earlier than usual, contributing to the higher recovery and comparatively less mortality,” said Rohit Kumar Singh, additional chief secretary (health).

Bharatpur third district in state to report 1,000 cases

The state has achieved the target of conducting 25,000 Covid tests daily in three months. Over six lakh tests have been conducted since March in the state.

However, new cases are on the rise. Bharatpur became the third district in the state reporting 1,000 cases on Monday after Jaipur and Jodhpur. Among the nine persons who died on Monday, one belonged to Bharatpur. Four died in Jaipur, taking its toll to 137. One died in Udaipur, while three others belonged to other states.

The districts which reported new cases are Pali (46), Jaipur (41), Dholpur (33), Alwar (38), Jodhpur (20), Sikar

(19), Jhunjhunu (18), Sirohi(10), Barmer (10), Jalore (9), Hanumangarh (7), Sriganganagar (6), Ajmer (5), Sawai Madhopur (5), Churu (3), Kota (3), Nagaur (2), Bharatpur (2) , Bhilwara(2), Bikaner(2), Karauli (2), Bundi (1), Tonk (1), Udaipur (1) and Dausa (1).