♥ 50 patients in first 45 days, then reached 153 in just 25 days, increased 3 times more patients between 1 to 22 May
♥ Health Minister Singhdev said – We have made more arrangements in less time, if needed, arrangements will be made in private hospitals
Raipur. May 23, 2020,In Chhattisgarh, cases of corona infection have started increasing rapidly. On Friday alone, 40 new cases have come in the state. Which is the highest ever. All these are quarantine laborers from outside in different districts of the state. 90% of cases of infection are from workers from Maharashtra and Gujarat. Talking about statistics, 80 new cases have been reported in 6 days of lockdown phase-4. 50 new patients arrived in the first 45 days, after that the figure reached 153 in just 25 days. At the same time, the state government has made 6000 beds for the corona infected.
Workers reached again after May 11, matters taken 67 days from 1 to 17
The total figure of corona infects in the state has reached 173. For the first time, active cases have crossed 100. The first patient of Corona in the state was found in Raipur on 18 March. There were a total of 52 patients 42 days later. 18 days later, on May 19, the number of patients reached 102. Only three days later, the number of patients increased to 172. That means Corona took only 67 days to travel from one to 172 in the state. However, 62 patients have also recovered and gone home. Most of the cases are of migrant workers. With his return home, matters have increased rapidly.
The new patients found in other districts, including Korba, are all migrant laborers. About 80 percent of these have come from Maharashtra, 10 percent from Gujarat and other places.
Not a single district is in the Red Zone in the state, but the blocks under the districts have been marked in the Red and Orange zones. It will be reviewed every Saturday.
The speed of getting infected by the trains and road workers from Maharashtra and Gujarat has started increasing. Many blocks of 14 districts of the state have come under the Red Zone.
Corona in Chhattisgarh
AIIMS has confirmed 20 new cases at around 9 pm on Friday. In this, 6 new cases have been reported from Balodabazar. Apart from this, 2-2 corona patients have been confirmed from Balod 4, Kawardha 5, Balodabazar 4, Gariaband 3, Durg and Rajnandgaon. Earlier in the morning, 12 patients were found from Korba, 3 from Kanker and 1 from Bemetra. So far 62 of these people have recovered and returned home.
72 infected: Durg-12, Rajnandgaon-12, Balod-18, Kawardha-13, Raipur-8, Balodabazar-14, Gariaband (Rajim) -4, Bilaspur-14, Raigad-5, Korba-41, Janjgir-12 , Mungeli-3, Surguja-3, Korea-1, Surajpur-7, Kanker-5, Bemetra-1, Balrampur-1
110 Active Cases: Durg-2, Kanker-5, Bilaspur-10, Raigad-5, Rajnandgaon-11, Balod-18, Korea-1, Kawardha-7, Janjgir-12, Balodabazar-14, Gariaband (Rajim) -4 , Surguja-3, Surajpur-1, Korba-13, Mungeli-3, Raipur-1, Bemetra-1, Balrampur-1
62 patients recovered: Durg-10, Rajnandgaon-1, Kawardha-6, Raipur-7, Bilaspur-4, Korba- 28, Surajpur-6
First case: The first case of Corona positive in the state came up in Raipur in the month of March, she was a young woman returned from abroad.
Locals and workers: Now among the people who are seeing corona infection, none of them are returned from abroad. All are ordinary citizens or workers.
Beds will also be arranged in private hospitals: Singhdev
6000 beds are available for corona patients in the state. In this, 100 bed hospital is ready in AIIMS 500, Ambedkar 500 and Mana. Apart from this, treatment has been started by recruiting patients in Bilaspur, Ambikapur, Rajnandgaon and Raigad. Private hospitals will also be acquired when needed. For this, a meeting of top officials of the Health Department has already taken place from the IMA. There are 6 government medical colleges, 28 district hospitals and more than 150 CHCs in the state. Isolated wards have been prepared for the infected according to the capacity everywhere.
Patients of Surguja division will be admitted to Ambikapur. Patients of Jashpur will be treated at Raigad Medical College. Patients of Bastar division will be admitted in Jagdalpur Medical College and Mana, Raipur and Durg divisions, besides AIIMS, Ambedkar and Mana. In view of the possibility of increasing the patients, doctors of all departments are being trained with the management of treatment. Health Minister TS Singhdeo said that we have gathered adequate facilities in a very short time. Considering the increasing number of workers, more are arranging beds. For this, beds will also be arranged in private hospitals in future.
Chief Minister gives 10-10 lakhs amount to hospitals of every block
The state government has released a grant amount of Rs 10 lakh each to the hospitals of every block in the context of increasing the concentration zone. In this, Raipur, Dhamtari, Bemetara, Kabirdham, Dantewada, Bijapur and Bilaspur districts 40-40 lakhs, Gariaband, Mahasamund, Balod, Kondagaon, Korba and Korea 50-50, Baloda Bazar Bhatapara, Balrampur- Ramanujganj and Surajpur 60-60 , Durg, Sukma, Mungeli and Gorella-Pendra-Marwahi for 30-30, Rajnandgaon, Janjgir-Champa and Raigad 90-90, Bastar, Kanker and Sarguja 70-70, Narayanpur for Rs 20 lakh and Jashpur for Rs 80 lakh The amount has been approved.
Bank closed from today to Monday, online transactions only
Banks that remain open even during lockdown will be closed for three consecutive days from Saturday to Monday. People will not be able to do any transaction with banks for three days. But the facility of online will continue. ATMs will be open to withdraw cash. May 23 is the fourth Saturday of the month, so banks will remain closed. Sunday will be a normal holiday. On Monday, the official holiday of Eidul ul Fitr has been declared, so banks will remain closed on that day. Therefore, banks will be operational from Tuesday itself. Bank management has indicated that ATMs will not be filled in these three days.
