The first confirmed Covid-19 patient in the state, a 24-year-old woman from Raipur who had visited the UK and had tested positive for coronavirus on March 18, was on Friday discharged from the AIIMS, Raipur after recovering completely, doctors said.
The woman, a resident of the capital city’s Samta Colony neighbourhood, had been admitted in the state’s premier medical institute AIIMS—All India Institute for Medical Sciences— doctors said.
With her release, among the total nine Covid-19 positive cases in the state, the number of patients cured has gone up to four, bringing down the Covid-19 active cases in Chhattisgarh to five.
Of the total nine cases, five cases were found in Raipur. Besides, one each was detected positive in Bilaspur, Bhilai, Rajnandgaon and Korba.
On Thursday too, a coronavirus positive patient from Bilaspur was discharged from the Apollo hospital, after she completely recovered from the viral infection.
Earlier, a youngster from Bhilai and an elderly man from Ramnagar neighbourhood of Raipur were discharged.
According to doctors at AIIMS, Raipur, the condition of five Covid-19 patients, currently in isolation ward, is also stable and they are out of danger.
Notable, the first covid-19 case in the state was detected on March 18, when swab samples of the woman tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection on March 19 evening.
Followed by detection, the entire state administration swung into action and the woman, along with her parents, was immediately admitted to AIIMS keeping them under observation in an isolation ward.
The swab samples of her parents were also sent for testing, which however, were reported to be negative.