BHOPAL: More than 41% of the new Covid-19 cases that have been reported so far in the month of October from Madhya Pradesh were reported from the state capital alone.
Overall, in 21 days of October – as per the state health bulletin released by directorate of health services Madhya Pradesh—198 new Covid-19 cases have been reported from the entire state in the month of October, so far till October 22. Of these cases, 82 new cases were reported from the state capital Bhopal alone.
And as on October 22, there were 80 active cases in the entire state and of those also 33 or 41% are in Bhopal alone.Health officials in the state capital however say that none of the patients were reported in groups. All are isolated cases and majority of the new cases are of those who have visited the city from outside.
“These are all random cases, there has been no instance of cases being reported from a particular area of locality. State capital has better connectivity from other parts of the state as well as the country. And we are focusing on testing at bus stands, railway stations for the people arriving in the city from outside and majority were such cases”, chief medical and health officer, Bhopal, Dr Prabhakar Tiwari said.
He added, “Our objective is to identify and isolate any new patient as soon as possible so that the further spread of the disease is contained and we have been doing so and we will continue to keep vigil on spots where people come from other places like bus stands or railway stations”.
