A total of 230 coronavirus positive patients were detected in different parts of Chhattisgarh on Wednesday.
Raipur which enforced a total lockdown for a week starting from Wednesday remained the hotspot, reporting 70 of the fresh Covid cases.
Of the 230 cases, officials said that Raipur accounted for 70, Sukma 36, Durg 28, Kanker 15, Janjgir-Champa 13, Mungeli 11, Bijapur and Raigarh 9 each, Bilaspur 7, Gariband and Bastar 6 each, Narayanpur 5, Bemetara and Mahasamund 3 each, Rajnandgaon, Balod and Kondagaon 2 each and Surajpur, Surguja and Jashpur 1 each.
Currently there are 1,709 active cases in Chhattisgarh while so far 5,968 people were found Covid positive. The deadly virus has claimed 29 lives so far in the state which has roughly 2.55 crore population.