Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that beds should be increased for treatment of black fungus in the state and availability of Amphotericin-B injection should be maintained. Injections should be regularly ordered via air route as required.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that corona infection is continuously decreasing in the state. As of today, the share of Madhya Pradesh to the corona case load of the country is the least at 1.3%. The weekly positivity rate of 49 districts of the state is less than 5%.
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan was reviewing the situation and arrangements of Corona in the state through video conferencing from his residence today. In the VC, Chief Secretary Shri Iqbal Singh Bains, Additional Chief Secretary Health Shri Mohammad Suleman, Additional Chief Secretary Home Shri Rajesh Rajora, Principal Secretary Shri Manish Rastogi and others were present.
2300 injections today and 3850 injections tomorrow
Today 2300 Amphotericin-B injections for treatment of black fungus have arrived in the state and 3850 will be received tomorrow. Apart from this, 12 thousand tablets have also come, so far the state has received 13514 Amphotericin-B injections.
Free treatment of 10852 patients under Covid Upchar Yojana
A total of 10 thousand 852 Covid patients have been provided free treatment under the Mukhyamantri Covid Upchar Yojana in the state. At present, 5464 patients are being treated under the scheme, on which Rs 9 crore 34 lakh 29 thousand have been spent as on date. Apart from this, 4977 Covid patients are being provided free treatment in government hospitals and 1115 in contracted hospitals.
1640 new cases
There are 1640 new cases of Corona in the state. In the last 24 hours, 4995 patients have become healthy and there are 30 thousand 899 active patients in the state. The state’s 07-days’ positivity rate is 3.2% and today’s positivity is 2.2%.
More than 100 cases in 2 districts
There are more than 100 cases in 02 districts of Indore and Bhopal in the state. 504 new cases have come in Indore and 324 in Bhopal. The weekly positivity of three districts Indore, Bhopal and Sagar is more than 5%. Indore’s weekly positivity is 7.2%, Bhopal’s 6.4% and Sagar’s 6.5%. Today’s positivity of Morena district is 6.2%.
Continuous improvement in Rewa, Sidhi and Singrauli
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan congratulated the entire team for continuously improving the situation there during the review of Rewa, Sidhi and Sangrauli districts. Today’s positivity in Sidhi district is 2.3% and new cases are 22. Today’s positivity in Singrauli is 0.2% and 02 new cases have come. Today’s positivity of Rewa is 1.6% and there are 23 new cases.
Every I.C.U. patient must become healthy
Chief Minister Shri Chouhan said that special attention should be paid to ensure that every patient of I.C.U. and those on oxygen bed in all the hospitals of the state become healthy. At present, 3044 patients are in I.C.U. and 3584 patients are on oxygen beds.