According to health officials, around 80% of the COVID-19 positive people in Indore have no travel history, pointing at the the possible local transmission in the city.?
Madhya Pradesh's business capital reported its first coronavirus cases on March 25, four days after the state had recorded its first cases of the disease.?
In the first few days after recorded its first cases, Indore saw a marginal increase every day. But it all changed on March 30 when it recorded 19 cases in a day. Since the number have grown substantially.?
Madhya Pradesh has reported 155 total cases, of which more than 80 people have tested positive in Indore. Out of the total recorded cases, nine who had tested positive have died at the time of writing this.?
Hindustan Times reported a health department official saying that when the initial cases were reported there was not much screening of people in these densely populated localities and the complete lockdown was also not strictly enforced. ¡°This may have caused some community spread,¡± the official was quoted saying.
The business hub of MP has become a hotspot and growing cases is a big?worry for the administration. With local transmission being cited as a reason for spike in number of cases, there is fear that large population might contract the virus.?
In Indore, 59 people who attended the Tablighi?Jamaat event have been identified and quarantined. As per latest reports, none of these people are showing any symptoms yet but they will still remain in quarantine to eliminate any possibility of the spread of COVID-19.
As of Thursday, according?to the state government health bulletin said only 9% of people affected by coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh have travel history in comparison to 25% at the national level while 40% got it through contact transmission in comparison to 46% at the national level.