nThe total number of Covid-19 positive patients in Chhattisgarh breached the 36,000 mark as 13 deaths caused by the virus were reported in the state on Thursday.
Also, on Thursday, 837 Covid positive patients were detected from various parts of the state while 730 were discharged upon recovery, the Health Department said in its daily report.
Meanwhile, various government offices have demanded a halt to work in the offices after Covid patients were found in the premises.
An officer and some employees at the Directorate of Culture and Archaeology at Ghadi Chowk in Raipur were found Covid positive following which the Directorate, the Mahant Ghasidas Museum and Mahant Sarveshwar Das Library were closed.
The office will shut till September 5. Work will resume from September 7, an order issued by Directorate’s administration in-charge said.
Likewise, a letter issued by the office of Registrar General Raipur asked the Collector Raipur to close the Registry office at Raipur Collectorate as an employee there was found Covid positive.
The letter also suggested sanitization of the office and compulsorily test for all employees as well as service providers for Covid-19.
Likewise, following the death of former Mayor Shobha Soni in Rajnandgaon due to Covid-19, the district Chamber of Commerce and other trade associations requested the Collector to shut down the market for a week.
Acting on the request, the Collector of Rajnandgaon ordered the closure of the market from September 4 to 12. Essential services will not be hit by the lockdown in the district, the order stated.
So far 36,520 persons have been detected corona positive in Chhattisgarh while 18,650 have been discharged from hospitals. Currently, there are 17,258 active cases in the state, the Health Department said.