Two persons died at AIIMS Raipur of coronavirus infection while 229 fresh active cases were reported across Chhattisgarh, officials said on Wednesday.
Of the fresh cases, 98 were found in Raipur, which continuous to be the Covid hotspot in Chhattisgarh. Also, 197 patients were discharged from different hospitals.
A 70-year-old man from Bikunthpur town with high blood pressure and lung plural effusion was admitted in AIIMS on July 18 due to breathing trouble and cough. He died of heart attack on July 24 and was later detected Covid positive, officials said.
A 38-year-old man from Chaorda town in Bhilai was admitted in AIIMS after he was detected Covid positive on July 26. Due to severe infection, he was in HDU. Later he caught severe pneumonia in both lungs and died on Tuesday evening, the officials said.
With these two deaths, 48 people have died so far due to Covid in Chhattisgarh.
Of the 229 cases, Raipur reported 98, Rajnandgaon 59, Bilaspur 15, Balodbazar 14, Durg 13, Surajpur 9, Kondagaon 4, Mahasamund, Gariaband, Raigarh and Bastar 3 each, Dhamtari 2 and Kabirdham, Korba and Surguja reported 1 patient each.
Currently, there are 2,831 active cases in Chhattisgarh while 8,515 people have been detected Covid positive so far. In all 5,636 patients have been discharged after recovery.