Chhattisgarh's recovery rate among Covid-19 patients is 96.97 percent while the positivity rate reached 2.2 percent till Wednesday. Until now, 992,962 positive patients were reported in the state and 950,234 of them have recovered from Covid. The recovery in home isolation is 788,585 (80.22 percent) while 161,649 recovered after treatment in Covid hospitals and Covid Care Centres across the state, Harsha Puranik, Joint Director (PR), told the media here. She said against 48,447 samples tested in the state. 1,102 were found Covid positive. The number of Black Fungus (mucormycosis) patients rose to 276 on Wednesday, said the officer. A total of 17 victims have died.