JAIPUR: The Covid situation in the state is so far under control as on Friday, the state continued to report less than 50 daily infections. Thirty five persons tested positive for Covid in the state, bringing its overall tally to 9,53,297. No death was reported due to Covid and the state’s overall toll remained at 8,947.
Officials of the health department however said that as a minor spike in the Covid cases has been seen in states like Maharashtra and Kerala, people in the state who are now enjoying relaxations should follow Covid-appropriate behaviour.
“This is a crucial time when the cases are down. It is our responsibility to continue following Covid-appropriate behaviour as negligence can cost us,” Dr Ajeet Singh, superintendent, RUHS, state’s biggest Covid care centre told TOI.
Health minister Raghu Sharma too had cautioned people to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour. “Since new variants are cropping up, we should be careful and act responsibly by following Covid norms,” Sharma said.
Senior officers of the health department said that fast-paced vaccination is the key to avoid the impact of third wave. “Centre should focus on providing timely vaccines to the state. We have a capacity to administer vaccines to 15 lakh people per day. Thus, Centre should send us good number of vaccines. In this month, we have 75 lakh people in the 18+ category who are due to get their second dose,” Sharma added.
11 districts in the state reported Covid infections: Udaipur (8), Jaipur (7), Alwar (4), Bikaner (4), Jodhpur (3), Tonk (2), Nagaur (2), Ajmer (2), Churu (1), Sriganganagar (1) and Jhalawar (1). The state’s active cases are now 503 while 54 persons got discharged from the hospital. “Best part is, out of these 503 active cases, those who are hospitalised are not in a very critical condition,” said an officer with the health department.
Since July 5, the number of active cases in the state has reduced by 54%. On July 5, the state had 1,092 active cases which has decreased to 503.
