Chhattisgarh: 92 new cases take COVID-19 count to 3,305
Also, 66 patients were discharged from different hospitals, taking the number of recoveries to 2,644, he said.
Of the new cases, 21 were reported from Rajnandgaon district, 18 from Raipur, 17 from Bastar, seven from Bilaspur, six from Surajpur, five from Janjgir-Champa, three from Bemetara while one case each came from Durg, Mahasamund, Korba, Balrampur, Surguja, Dantewada and Narayanpur districts, he said.
The number of active cases in the state now stood at 647 as 2,644 people have been discharged after recovery while 14 others have died so far.
With total 446 COVID-19 cases so far, Raipur district tops the tally in the state followed by Korba (323 cases), Rajanandgaon (320), Janjgir-Champa (257), Balodabazar (253), Bilaspur (238), Jashpur (189), Durg (170), Balrampur (146), Raigarh (134), Mungeli (123) and Kabirdham (110), he said.
The districts which have so far reported less than 10 cases are Dhamtari (8), Sukma (5), Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi (3), Kondagaon (3) and Bijapur (2), the official said.
The state health department on Monday declared 105 development blocks/urban areas, including Raipur, in 23 districts as red zones and 30 development blocks/urban areas in 17 districts as orange zones to contain spread of the virus, another official said.
The classification of development blocks and urban areas into zones has been done based on the number of active COVID-19 cases, doubling rates and samples tested per 1 lakh population of the area, he said.
However, some areas were classified as orange zones despite not reporting a single COVID-19 case so far, after it was found that the testing rate per 1 lakh population was less there, he said.
Chhattisgarh's COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases 3305, new cases 92, deaths 14, discharged 2644, active cases 647, people tested so far 1,85,399. TKP RSY RSY