State ranks 16th in country in corona active cases
   Date :10-Jul-2020

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 Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reviewing the situation of coronavirus pandemic in the State and arrangements through video-conferencing at Mantralaya on Thursday.
 
 
Staff Reporter :
 
CM Chouhan reviews situation of corona and arrangements 
 
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said that good results are being obtained from ‘Kill Corona’ campaign. Survey of about 4 crore people i.e. 58 per cent survey has been completed till now under the campaign in the state. Samples of 49,690 people have been taken and out of this 599 positive cases have come to the fore.
 
The positivity percentage is 1.26, which clearly indicates that State has no situation like community spread. Chief Minister Chouhan further mentioned that there are 17 states of the country, where corona infection is comparatively high. Now, Madhya Pradesh ranks 16th in number of active corona cases preceded by Kerala at 17th place. As of July 8, the number of active corona cases in Madhya Pradesh is 3420. Chief Minister Chouhan was reviewing the situation of corona in the State and arrangements through video conferencing at Mantralaya. The Minister for Health Dr Narottam Mishra, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains and PS(Health) Faiz Ahmed Qidwai were present.