In India, the state of Rajasthan is nearing the stage of herd immunity. Health officials have said that the cumulative COVID cases in Rajasthan in the last one week have been limited to around 1,000.
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‘In India, the state of Rajasthan is nearing the stage of herd immunity. Health officials have said that the cumulative COVID cases in Rajasthan in the last one week have been limited to around 1,000.’
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The corona cases reported in Rajasthan totalled 843 on Sunday, taking the active cases to 11,157. On November 27, 3,093 cases were reported, with active cases totalling 28,183. ![twitter](https://images.medindia.net/icons/news/social/twitter.png)
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In fact, the cumulative COVID cases in Rajasthan in the last one week have been limited to around 1,000, confirmed health officials.
Despite the 100 percent RT-PCR tests being done, the continuous fall in the positivity rate is a good sign, said Siddharth Mahajan, Secretary, Medicine and Health, Rajasthan.
In Jaipur, around Diwali, the number of new daily cases had reached 700, which has now reduced to around 140. A similar decline is also visible in other cities of the state. Similarly, the demand for oxygen and ventilators has also gone down significantly in Rajasthan.
Only 137 corona patients are admitted as against a capacity of 1,200 beds in RUHS Hospital, he said, adding that the infection rate has reduced to 3.75 per cent in the last one week.
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The officials were speaking at a review meeting on COVID called by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Sunday at his residence.
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He said that there is a need to speed up the preparations for vaccination. For this, he instructed for intensive training of medical and other related personnel from state to block level.
Source-IANS