Having seen an unabated surge in covid19 cases in last few days, the State capital and neighbouring city Indore finally heaved a sigh of relief on Friday as Bhopal did not report a single positive case while Indore reported 50 fresh cases as against huge numbers of positive cases in last few days.
The number of positive cases remains 186 in Bhopal while it registered nominal hike and reached 892 in Indore.
Chief Medical and Health Officer Bhopal Dr Prabhakar Tiwari in a statement said that all the 102 samples sent for tests have tested negative.Meanwhile Indore which reported over 550 cases in last three days, mostly due to bulk testing done at Indore and Delhi, on Friday late evening reported 50 fresh cases of infection in the city taking the tally of positive cases to 892 including 47 deaths so far.
Amid this gloom, there is a heartening fact that as many as 71 patients have successfully defeated this disease including 37 those who were discharged from hospital on Friday.Buoyed by these figures, Indore collector Manish Singh claimed that covid19 cases have peaked now and in the days to come, the cases of infection would come down drastically.
Those who have tested positive are among those included in the list of first contact history of patients earlier tested positive and were already in quarantine facilities.With the bulk testing at Noida based lab, the city has cleared its backlog of tests of the last fortnight, said Singh adding the yellow category hospitals (identified for suspects) have come down drastically in last few days.
However, the situation is not so upbeat in other districts as the spread has now spanned over 26 districts in the state, despite stringent lockdown measures.
Besides Indore and Bhopal, districts like Morena (14), Ujjain (28), Jabalpur (15), Gwalior (6), Khargone (39), Barwani (24), Vidisha (13), Hoshangabad (18) Khandwa (33), Ratlam (12) and Dewas (18). Total number of cases have surged to 1351 in Madhya Pradesh including 69 deaths and 102 who have recovered from the disease.