Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that good arrangements have been ensured in Government hospitals, identified in every district for corona treatment. Along with this, some private hospitals have also been contracted, where free arrangement for treatment has been made.
Asymptomatic patients having arrangement at home are also being kept under home isolation. He instructed the health department to issue guidelines for home isolation to enable patients to get good treatment and full care at home itself.
The Chief Minister further mentioned that in order to prevent corona infection in every district, compulsory adherence to norms like wearing of masks, social distancing besides other necessary precautions should be ensured. .
Chief Secretary Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Mohammad Suleman and other officers were present at the meeting.
Chief Minister Chouhan has said that the recovery rate of the State has become 76.4 percent. The positivity rate is 4.57 percent and fatality rate is 2.24 percent of the State. The testing has become 15,467 per 10 lakh.
State is at 16th place in the country in terms of active cases and the number of the active cases in the State is 12,422. Now, more than 23,000 tests are being conducted daily in the State.
During the district wise review, it was found that highest 171 new cases of corona have surfaced in Indore. At the same time, new 156 cases in Gwalior, 155 in Bhopal, 126 in Jabalpur, 49 in Jhabua, 43 in Shivpuri, 36 in Dhar, 36 in Khargone, 34 in Ujjain and 31 in Sagar have been found.
Chief Minister Chouhan instructed to pay special attention to all these districts.
Additional Chief Secretary Suleman has informed that total 2109 patients are under home isolation in various districts of the state.
He further mentioned that instructions have been issued to each district that arrangement of taking samples for corona test should be made at fever clinics to facilitate people to get their tests conducted easily.