Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that the situation of corona in the state is constantly improving. There has been a decline of 37 percent in new cases of corona in the state in the last 3 weeks. The state's recovery rate has gone up to 88.4 and a large number of patients are recovering every day.
The number of active patients, which had reached above 20000, has now come down to 14932. There has also been a significant decline in the fatality rate in the state and now it has come down to 1.78 percent.
Chouhan said that adequate number of beds are available in corona hospitals in all the districts of the state and there is also adequate availability of oxygen. Industries will also get oxygen as per their requirement. Chief Minister Chouhan instructed all collectors and officials concerned to take special precautions during the upcoming festivals and keep corona related preparations ready in all districts for the winter season.
Chouhan was reviewing the situation of Corona and arrangements in the state via video conferencing on Tuesday. Minister for Medical Education Vishwas Sarang, Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman and other were present at the meeting.
Additional Chief Secretary Suleman said that the situation of corona in Madhya Pradesh was reviewed in detail by the Health Secretary, Government of India Luv Agrawal on Tuesday. The situation of corona in Madhya Pradesh is constantly improving. The Union Secretary has given instructions regarding the arrangement of cold chain in the state for the corona vaccine in the coming times. Chief Minister Chouhan directed to ensure action accordingly.
During the district-wise review, it was found that the highest new cases of corona are in Indore and Bhopal. In Indore 418 new cases of corona have come up and 213 new cases in Bhopal. However, the growth rate of corona in all the districts is continuously declining. The growth rate of Corona in Indore is 1.59 percent and at the same time, it is 1.15 percent in Bhopal.
It was found in the review that there has been a significant improvement in the situation of corona in Gwalior, Ujjain and Morena districts, where there was more corona infection in the past,. In Gwalior 50 new corona cases have come up and the corona growth rate is 0.51% there. Similarly, 10 new corona cases are found in Ujjain with corona growth rate of 0.51%. There are 8 new cases of corona in Morena and the corona growth rate is 0.27% there.