115 new corona cases justify need of lockdown
   Date :22-Jul-2020

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Staff Reporter :
 
RAIPUR,
 
AFTER detection of 115 fresh corona cases on Tuesday, number of infected people in Chhattisgarh has now reached to 5,731. So far, a total of 4,114 patients have been discharged from various COVID hospitals after recovery. The overall number of patients under treatment is presently 1,588 after discharge of 170 cases. One death was reported taking the fatality tally to 29. Out of 115 fresh corona infection cases reported on Tuesday, 50 patients are from district Raipur, 23 Kondagaon, 8 Bilaspur, 5 each in Gourela-Pendra-Marwahi, Koriya and Narainpur, 4 Kanker, 3 each in Dantewada and Janjgir-Champa, 2 each in Bijapur, Durg and Balrampur. While 18 new patients were detected on Monday night, 12 from Raipur and 6 from Bilaspur. 72-year old woman, a resident of Bhatagaon near Ring road Raipur was undergoing treatment in Medical College Hospital since Monday passed away during treatment on Monday night.
 
She was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes, She was earlier suffering from tuberculosis and was not taking regular treatment. Her Covid-19 report was found positive on Tuesday. Out of 170 discharged patients 6 are of Durg, 11 Rajnandgaon, 4 Bemetara, 82 Raipur, 13 Dhamtari, 4 Balodabazar,5 Gariaband, 23 Bilaspur, 1 Raigarh, 2 Janjgir-Champa,3 Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi, 6 Surguja, 1 Balrampur, 2 Jashpur, 1 Sukma, 3 Kanker, 2 Narainpur and 1 of other state. Out of total 5,731 patients, 326 are from Durg, 453 Rajnandgaon, 77 Balod, 109 Bemetara, 136 Kabirdham, 1,314 Raipur, 30 Dhamtari, 310 Balodabazar, 101 Mahasamund, 66 Gariaband, 459 Bilaspur, 166 Raigarh, 364 Korba, 364 Janjgir-Champa, 136 Mungeli, 14 Gourela-Pendra-Marwahi, 181 Surguja, 93 Koriya, 32 Surajpur, 173 Balrampur, 211 Jashpur, 102 Bastar, 42 Kondagaon, 95 Dantewada, 32 Sukma, 148 Kanker, 145 Narainpur, 45 Bijapur and 7 of other state. Total active cases are 1,588 and the patients are 122 in Durg, 57 Rajnandgaon, 18 Balod, 17 Bemetara, 24 Kabirdham, 620 Raipur, 8 Dhamtari, 16 Balodabazar, 10 Mahasamund, 12 Gariaband, 154 Bilaspur, 16 Raigarh, 30 Korba, 73 Janjgir-Champa, 13 Mungeli, 5 Gourela-Pendra-Marwahi, 93 Surguja, 24 Koriya, 1 Surajpur, 14 Balrampur, 19 Jashpur, 33 Bastar, 30 Kondagaon,33 Dantewada, 6 Sukma, 58 Kanker, 44 Narayanpur, 35 Bijapur and 3 from other states.
 
As per report total of 4,114 patients were discharged after successful treatment, out of which 200 patients were from Durg, 393 Rajnandgaon, 59 Balod, 92 Bemetara, 112 Kabirdham, 684 of Raipur, 21 Dhamtari, 294 of Balodabazar,90 Mahasamund, 54 Gariaband, 303 Bilaspur, 148 Raigarh, 334 Korba, 289 Janjgir-Champa, 123 Mungeli, 9 Gourela-Pendra-Marwahi, 87 Surguja, 69 Koriya, 31 Surajpur, 159 Balrampur, 192 Jashpur, 68 Jagdalpur, 12 Kondagaon, 62 Dantewada,26 Sukma, 90 Kanker, 101 Narayanpur,10 Bijapur and 2 from other states.