An elderly woman died due to Covid-19 in Chhattisgarh on Saturday, but the number of Covid patients discharged from various hospitals upon their recovery was higher than the fresh cases reported.
A 75-year-old woman from Shadani Durbar in Raipur was admitted in AIIMS Raipur on July 27. She was suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes and had fever-cough for the past 10 days. She was detected Covid positive and died of respiratory destress and septic shock on Friday, officials said.
This is the 55th death of a Covid positive patient in Chhattisgarh.
Of the fresh 193 positive cases, Raipur reported 81, Durg 53, Bilaspur 9, Rajnandgaon and Janjgir-Champa 8 each, Surguja 7, Korea 5, Raigarh, Balodabazar and Janjgir-Champa 4 each, Mungeli 3, Bastar 2, Kondagaon, Narayanpur, Mahasamund, Bemetara and Balod reported 1 case each.
Further, Raipur, the hotspot of Covid infection in Chhattisgarh, reported a discharge of 204 patients from hospitals out of 380 across the state.
According to officials, so far 9,385 persons have been found Covid positive in Chhattisgarh while 6,610 have been discharged after their recovery. Currently, there are 2,720 active Covid patients in the state.