Raipur, May 17 () The number of COVID-19 cases inChhattisgarh rose to 86 on Sunday with 19 more people testingpositive for the viral infection, Health officials said.
While nine new cases were reported from Baloddistrict, six cases were reported from Balodabazar, two fromKabirdham and one each from Gariaband and Janjgir-Champa, theysaid.
"Earlier in the afternoon, samples of two migrantworkers from Balod tested positive, following which they wereadmitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences," aPublic Relations Officer of the institute told .
"Later, samples of 16 more people, including twowomen, came out positive in AIIMS," he said, adding that mostof them are migrant labourers who have returned from differentparts of the country recently, or their close contacts.
A COVID-19 patient from Durg district was dischargedfrom AIIMS in evening after recovering from the infection, hesaid.
"The COVID-19 count in the state now stands at 86 butthe number of active cases is 27 while 59 others have beendischarged after recovery," the official said.
Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 figures are as follows:Positive cases 86, new cases 17, deaths zero, dischargedpeople 59, active cases 27, people tested so far 34,633. TKP NPNSK NSK