C'garh: 3 COVID-19 patients discharged, active cases now 3

Raipur, Apr 5 () Three COVID-19 patients inChhattisgarh's capital Raipur were discharged from hospital onSunday, the number of such recovered persons now touchingseven, said health officials.

The state currently has three active COVID-19 cases.

"Three patients, including two women, hailing from thecapital, were discharged after two consecutive tests returnednegative. All are in the 21-24 age group. They had travelledabroad," a health official said.

The three active cases now are a 21-year-old man whohad been to London and was admitted here on March 31, a 16-year-old Tablighi Jamaat member, both from Korba, and a manwho tested positive on March 25 and is undergoing treatment inRajnandgaon, he said.

"Three more coronavirus patients have been dischargedfrom AIIMS after being cured. 7 out of 10 have now been cured.I hope the remaining three will soon return home after beingcured," tweeted Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel. TKPBNM BNM