The cleanest city of the country thrice, Indore in Madhya Pradesh is fast moving towards an ignominious title in terms of covid19 spread as the historical city reported 49 fresh positive cases in last 24 hours, taking up the tally of infected persons to 411 on Tuesday.
Out of these 35 have died as of now. Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Pravin Jadia confirmed that the city has reported 49 fresh cases of corona infection. These included a journalist from a national Hindi daily.On Monday, total 56 had tested positive in two different reports and the tally of infected cases had reached 362, said the physician.
The scribe claimed that he had no corona symptoms and was recording normal and above fever but tested positive for the virus.
Close to 350 survey teams have screened 32500 locals and out of these, around 300 has suspected symptoms including 90 with breathing issues but the experts during medical examination did not find corona like symptoms in them.
Besides other field teams including Rapid Response Teams had screened others and 550 have been home quarantined and 50 have been shifted to isolation in hospitals and other facilities, the CMHO said. Those released from quarantine would be followed up through phone calls till next 14 days.
Meanwhile, Health Commissioner Faiz Ahmed Kidwai issuing the Health bulletin on Tuesday claimed that in last 24 hours (data till Monday night) a total of 1171 samples were tested and 126 out of these tested positive in the state. Indore led this chart with 98 cases and Bhopal reported 20 of these cases.
In last 24 hours, total 278 containment areas have been notified and eight labs are testing samples. As many as 644 Rapid Response Teams and 1150 mobile teams are in service in the state.
Total number of covid19 cases have risen to 741 in Madhya Pradesh including 50 deaths. The number of positive cases are 158 in Bhopal including four deaths.