Summary:
RAIPUR: The state’s single day breached 10,000-mark on Wednesday, adding 10,310 new Covid cases.
With this, the active count jumped to 58,883.
And to tackle this rush, the already-burdened hospitals are mulling to increase beds.
Health department has started door-to-door surveillance in the capital city and around 7000 people are being treated in home isolation in Raipur district.
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RAIPUR: The state’s single day breached 10,000-mark on Wednesday, adding 10,310 new Covid cases.
With this, the active count jumped to 58,883.
And to tackle this rush, the already-burdened hospitals are mulling to increase beds.
Health department has started door-to-door surveillance in the capital city and around 7000 people are being treated in home isolation in Raipur district.
As per medical bulletin, state’s cumulative tally has increased to 3,96,579 and with 53 new deaths, toll has crossed 4469 in Chhattisgarh.
With infection rate of 20.7% in Chhattisgarh, the recovery rate has dipped to 92% from 97%.
However, as many over 3.33 lakh patients have recovered since outbreak of the infection.
Meanwhile, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at Raipur will ramp up its ICU capacity and beds with Oxygen by Sunday.