74 new COVID-19 cases in Chhattisgarh; tally rises to 997

Chhattisgarh continued to see a spike in COVID-19 cases with 74 more people, mostly migrant workers, testing positive for the disease, taking the state's tally to 997, a health official said on Sunday.

The new patients also included a doctor from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur, and two lab technicians, he said.

"The total number of people who tested positive for coronavirus on Saturday surged to 97, with 74 more such cases found late in the night, the official said.

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The COVID-19 count in the state is now 997.

Of the 74 cases, 42 were reported from Kabirdham district, 11 from Raipur, six from Durg, three each from Balodabazar and Jashpur districts, two each from Raigarh, Mahasamund, Korba, and Bilaspur districts while one case came from Bemetara, the official said.

"The new patients in Kabirdham included 40 migrant labourers who recently returned to their native villages from different parts of the country and were kept in quarantine centres, a lab technician, and a rural staff of the health department," another official said.

A doctor and a lab technician of AIIMS, Raipur, were also among the new patients reported from the capital, a PRO of the institute said.

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Four patients have so far died in the state.

Chhattisgarh COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases-997, new cases-74, deaths-four, discharged-259, active cases-734, people tested so far-85,346.