Four persons died due to Covid-19 infection while 173 fresh cases were detected from different parts of Chhattisgarh. Also, 169 patients were discharged on their recovery, Health Department officials said on Monday.
The victims included a 51-year-old woman who was brought dead at AIIMS Raipur and a 32-year-old man from Rajnandgaon admitted there on Sunday. He suffered brain hemorrhage and died on Sunday. Both tested coronavirus positive, the officials said.
A 52-year-old man from Raipur who was suffering from hypertension and diabetes died after catching Covid virus on Monday. In a similar case, a 65-year-old woman admitted in Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial hospital died on Friday, the officials said.
With these, 28 persons have died due to Covid in Chhattisgarh so far.
Of the 173 Covid positive cases, Raipur accounted for 66, Dantewada 27, Janjgir-Champa 22, Rajnandgaon 13, Bilaspur 9, Durg 8, Bijapur and Jashpur 7 each, Surguja 4, Mahasamund 3, Raigarh and Sukma 4 each, and Kanker, Korea and Dhamtari 1 each.
Currently, there are 1,626 active coronavirus patients while 5,598 have been found Covid positive.