C'garh: Two more COVID-19 patients discharged; active cases 21

Raipur, May 7 () Two more COVID-19 patients,including a health personnel, were discharged from agovernment-run hospital at Raipur in Chhattisgarh on Thursdayafter they recovered from the infection, officials said.

With this, the total number of discharged patientshas reached 38 in the state, which now has 21 active cases,they said.

"A 35-year-old nursing officer of All India Instituteof Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur and a 25-year-old migrantlabourer, both men, were discharged this afternoon after theirtwo consecutive tests came out negative for the infection," apublic relations officer of the AIIMS here told .

The migrant labourer, hailing from Jharkhand, was keptalong with other labourers from his state at a camp inSurajpur district of the state, he said.

"Now, 21 patients, including a police constable andsome migrant labourers, are undergoing treatment in theisolation ward of the institute and their condiction isstable," he added.

The COVID-19 figures in Chhttisgarh are as follows:Positive cases 59; new cases zero; deaths zero; discharged 38;active cases 21; people tested so far 22,188. TKPNP NP