<p>Chhattisgarh continued to see an increase in the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, with 44 persons, including a woman junior doctor at a government hospital, testing positive, health officials said.</p>.<p>It was the biggest single-day increase in a number of cases so far, they added, which took the tally of cases to 216.</p>.<p>On Friday, the state had reported 40 coronavirus patients.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-40-latest-news-838583.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"With the new cases, the tally of positive cases increased to 216 in the state, of which 152 are active. 64 patients have been discharged after recovery," a health official here said.</p>.<p>Ten cases were reported from Rajnandgaon district, nine each from Mungeli and Bilaspur districts, four each from Raigarh and Koriya districts and three each from Surguja and Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (GPM) districts, he said.</p>.<p>One case each was found in Balodabazar and Jashpur, the official said.</p>.<p>Most of the new patients are migrant labourers who recently returned to their home districts from different parts of the country and were kept in quarantine centres, he said.</p>.<p>"A 35-year-old junior doctor at Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Bilaspur is also among the new cases," said Dr Aarti Pandey, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of CIMS.</p>.<p>The woman doctor had been deputed in Corona IPD (Inpatient Department) of the institute, the PRO said.</p>.<p>Tribal-dominated Jashpur and GPM districts reported coronavirus cases for the first time.</p>.<p>Two male patients from Balod district were discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur following their recovery.</p>.<p>Chhattisgarh COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases-216, new cases-44, deaths-zero, discharged-64, active cases-152, people tested so far-49,763.</p>
<p>Chhattisgarh continued to see an increase in the number of coronavirus cases on Saturday, with 44 persons, including a woman junior doctor at a government hospital, testing positive, health officials said.</p>.<p>It was the biggest single-day increase in a number of cases so far, they added, which took the tally of cases to 216.</p>.<p>On Friday, the state had reported 40 coronavirus patients.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-in-india-news-live-updates-total-cases-deaths-covid-19-tracker-today-worldometer-update-lockdown-40-latest-news-838583.html"><strong>For latest updates on coronavirus outbreak, click here</strong></a></p>.<p>"With the new cases, the tally of positive cases increased to 216 in the state, of which 152 are active. 64 patients have been discharged after recovery," a health official here said.</p>.<p>Ten cases were reported from Rajnandgaon district, nine each from Mungeli and Bilaspur districts, four each from Raigarh and Koriya districts and three each from Surguja and Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (GPM) districts, he said.</p>.<p>One case each was found in Balodabazar and Jashpur, the official said.</p>.<p>Most of the new patients are migrant labourers who recently returned to their home districts from different parts of the country and were kept in quarantine centres, he said.</p>.<p>"A 35-year-old junior doctor at Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences (CIMS) Bilaspur is also among the new cases," said Dr Aarti Pandey, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of CIMS.</p>.<p>The woman doctor had been deputed in Corona IPD (Inpatient Department) of the institute, the PRO said.</p>.<p>Tribal-dominated Jashpur and GPM districts reported coronavirus cases for the first time.</p>.<p>Two male patients from Balod district were discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Raipur following their recovery.</p>.<p>Chhattisgarh COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases-216, new cases-44, deaths-zero, discharged-64, active cases-152, people tested so far-49,763.</p>