JAIPUR: The state’s daily positivity rate has gone below national average.
While the country reported a 5.62 per cent decline on Sunday and less than 10% for 13 days in a row, Rajasthan’s daily positivity rate was below 2% for the third consecutive day.
Out of 53,284 Covid tests conducted on Sunday, 904 persons were found infected with the virus at a positivity rate of 1.7%.
In the last 24 hours, the state reported 25 Covid deaths, which took the casualty count to 8,656 and overall tally to 9,46,346.
A senior health department official said, “The declining positivity rate shows that the pace at which virus was spreading earlier has slowed down.” Active cases have also gone down to 18,575 with 3,854 more persons recovering from the virus.
The health department is continuing its surveillance by conducting RT-PCR tests.
In the past 14 days, 6,44,034 tests were conducted at an average of 46,002 tests daily.
Besides, the number of deaths has also dipped significantly.
Sunday’s 25 casualties was the lowest count of daily deaths since April 12.
Thirteen districts have reported covid deaths across the state.
Districts which reported deaths are Udaipur (6), Jodhpur (5), Jaipur(3), Tonk (2) and one death each was reported from Pali, Jhalawar, Dungarpur-,Dausa, Barmer, Alwar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Kota.
Districts which reported new cases are Jaipur (169), Alwar(97), Hanumangarh (70), Jhunjhunu (56), Sikar (48), Jodhpur (47), Bikaner (43),Usaipur (37), Jaisalmer (34), Sriganganagar (33), Tonk (32), Ajmer (32), Barmer(24), Dausa (23), Churu (19), Sirohi (17), Bhilwara (15), Karauli (12), Nagaur (12), Pali (12), Chittorgarh (10), Jalore (9), Rajsamand (8), Bundi (7),Pratapgarh (7), Bharatpur (6), Banswara (5), Sawai Madhopur (5), Kota (4),Jalore (4), Dholpur (4) and Dungarpur (3).