Recoveries overtake daily Covid cases in major cities
Improvement in situation at major cities to benefit rural areas lacking in infra, say officials
JAIPUR: Amid the second wave of Covid-19, over two dozen cities of Rajasthan have reported daily recoveries surpass the number of people testing positive for the virus infection, which comes as a big relief for the authorities.
According to the state health department data, a total of 15 cities reported recoveries surpassing the positive cases of Covid-19 on Saturday.
Jodhpur reported 2,534 recoveries against 1,852 positive cases. According to officials, the gap between positive cases and recoveries gives the city a muchneeded breathing space to organise a push back against the pandemic, which is spreading across the western regions of Rajasthan.
Another major city where the situation is improving, albeit slowly, is Udaipur. The lake city for two consecutive days showed signs of recoveries. On Friday, 1,002 people tested positive for the virus infection, whereas 1,855 recovered the same day. On Saturday too, the city hospitals reported 1,523 recoveries against the 1,032 new cases.
Even as Jaipur continues to see spurt in the number of cases, two neighbouring cities of the state capital, Alwar and Ajmer, have reported recoveries overtaking the daily positive cases.
On Saturday, Ajmer reported 487 positive cases and 790 recoveries; Alwar logged 1,003 cases and 1,123 people recovering from the illness. Bikaner is also moving closer to reduce the gap between Covid-19 positives pouring into hospitals and number of people recovering from the illness. On Saturday, there were 505 new Covid-19 patients and as many as 414 recoveries.
An official said that improvement at divisional headquarters benefits its nearby rural or semi
Big medical colleges and private hospitals in our state are located at divisional headquarters, any improvement, no matter how staggered, will help nearby districts where resources are minimum and crisis looming large
DOCTOR, on condition of anonymity
urban cities, where health infrastructure has nearly crumbled. “Big medical colleges and private hospitals in our state are located at divisional headquarters, any improvement, no matter how staggered, will help nearby districts where resources are minimum and crisis looming large,” said a doctor, on the condition of anonymity.