Chhattisgarh recorded the worst ever single day Covid caseload on Wednesday with over 2,000 fresh patients and 12 fatalities including a senior BJP leader and former mayor.
Now the total number of Covid positive patients in the state has reached 35,330, the Health Department said in its daily report.
The state recorded 12 more Covid-19 fatalities including former mayor of Rajnandgaon Shobha Soni who was a towering BJP leader in Rajnandgaon. The total fatalities in Chhattisgarh have now reached 299.
So far 35,330 persons have been detected corona positive in Chhattisgarh while 18,220 have been discharged from hospitals. Currently, there are 16,811 active cases in the state.
Meanwhile, the central government has announced to rush a team to Chhattisgarh to assist the state in containing the sudden burst in Covid cases.