Madhya Pradesh commercial capital Indore has reported second death due to COVID 19, as a 35-year-old man died after testing positive to novel corona virus on Thursday.
Till now the city has reported ten positive cases of COVID 19.
A 65-year-old woman Rabiya who was tested positive for novel corona virus had tested positive for this virus and died during treatment on Wednesday.
On Friday, another man (35) who was COVID 19 positive and tested positive for the lethal virus died during treatment at a private hospital in Indore, Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Pravin Jadiya said. The man was ailing to multiple health issues and was also suffering from novel corona virus, said Dr Jadiya declining to reveal identity of the deceased.
Early in the day, a 47-year-old man Atul Bhargav had died in the city during treatment at TB hospital. However, his test report on Corona is yet awaited.
On Friday as well, a 23-year-old youth from Shivpuri was also tested positive for the novel corona virus.
The youth had gone to Hyderabad for business related work on March 13 and returned to home in village Khaniyadhana on March 16. After he fell ill, he was put screening and tests confirmed that he has contracted the disease.
Slackness of health staffers was also exposed in the case as the youth upon his return from Hyderabad had released a video claiming that he had quarantined self in his house but later his condition deteriorated. Despite my repeated pleas, no one from the health department came to pick me for treatment, he said in the video.
The health dept has screened 63 persons who came in touch with the youth including the family of the earlier found patient in Shivpuri. However, his family members including parents and sister have reported negative.
The contacts of the youth are also being scanned for further screening.
Out of the two suspects in Hoshangabad, report of one has turned negative while that of the other is awaited. A family in Tikamgarh district has been home quarantined.
Meanwhile, the CMHO in Bhopal Dr Sudhir Dehariya has been removed by the state government and he has been replaced by Dr Sudhir Jaisani.
The total number of novel corona virus positive cases have risen to 21 in Madhya Pradesh including deaths of two. Former Chief Minister Kamal Nath on Thursday wrote to CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan urging him to ensure availability of protective gears for health staff, identification of dedicated hospitals for this disease, proper arrangements in private hospitals and establishment of labs in every district.