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RAIPUR: Covid fatalities crossed 10,158-mark in Chhattisgarh on Friday.
13,628 fresh cases were reported on the same day and the cumulative tally has increased to 830117 with 131245 active cases in state.
State had registered first Covid death last year on May 20.
The current death rate in the state stands at 1.2 per cent — equivalent to the national average, said health official.
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RAIPUR: Covid fatalities crossed 10,158-mark in Chhattisgarh on Friday.
13,628 fresh cases were reported on the same day and the cumulative tally has increased to 830117 with 131245 active cases in state.
State had registered first Covid death last year on May 20.
The current death rate in the state stands at 1.2 per cent — equivalent to the national average, said health official.
“If we take an average of one year from the first death from Corona, then nearly 29 deaths are reported every day.
In one year, as many as 2,732 people have died of Corona in Raipur.” On Friday, 208 people died out of which 98 were Covid patients and 110 died due to various co-morbidities.
However, as many as 13,039 people recovered on same day increasing the tally of recovered patients to 6,88,918 in Chhattisgarh.
Out of 13,628 cases reported on Friday, 818 were from Raipur with 40 deaths, however, as predicted by health officials, now the rising figures are being reported from Raigarh, where 1,238 cases with 14 deaths were recorded on thsame day.