An Indian doctor stand near a disinfectant tunnel outside a hospital where most COVID-19 patients are being treated.
Twelve more coronavirus cases have been found in Bhopal, taking the number of such cases in Madhya Pradesh to 268, a health official said on Tuesday. Among the new patients, seven are police personnel and their family members, and five are health department employees, Bhopal''s Chief Medical and Health Officer Dr Sudhir Kumar Deharia said.
With this, the total number of coronavirus cases in the state capital has gone up to 74. Two persons from Bhopal have so far been discharged after recovery, he said.
Out of the total 268 coronavirus cases in the state, maximum 151 have been reported from Indore. 35 localities in Indore have been sealed for containment.
So far, 18 people have died, including 13 from Indore, two from Ujjain and one each from Khargone, Chhindwara and Bhopal.
The state capital also recorded its first Corona death in the wee hours of Monday. A patient from the old city who was admitted in a private nursing home. Report confirming his positive status was received on Sunday afternoon. He was admitted to the nursing home four days ago with respiratory problem.
Monday's reports included five health department employees and seven Jamaatis. The total number of infected in Bhopal increased to 61.
With infection spreading to new localities health department teams will reach out to areas earmarked for containment and door-to-door screening. The radius of one kilometre around the houses of all patients will remain out of bounds for others. Screening began on Monday. Family members are quarantined home.
The risk of community transmission has increased in Bhopal. On the instructions of Collector Tarun Pithode, ADM Satish Kumar amended the order under section 144 Cr PC. From Monday, only medical stores, milk parlours and home delivery facilities will be available. Petrol pumps, grocery and other shops have been exempted. Passes given for all reasons other than emergency services have also been suspended.
Fourteen deaths have been recorded till Monday night. Nine have died in Indore, two in Ujjain, one each in Bhopal, Chhindwara and Khargone.
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