Indore in Madhya Pradesh was among the first few districts identified as coronavirus hotspots, however the city quickly bounced back.?
According to Mahendra Sharma, Chief Medical and Health Officer, the transmission chain of coronavirus has been broken in Indore as people here are following lockdown guidelines.
"People of Indore have followed guidelines of COVID-19 lockdown, so the chain of transmission has broken. It is a good thing and people should continue to practice social distancing and also take other precautionary measures," Sharma told news agency ANI.
"As per the Central government guidelines, we were asked to conduct a sample survey where the migratory population has settled, to check if there is a community spread in the district. So the last time only six COVID-19 cases were reported maybe because all the samples were collected from the green area. We will have to conduct the survey in other areas too," he added.
Indore has recorded a decent discharge rate and contact tracing is the priority to contain the further spread of COVID-19 in the district.
"However, Indore has recorded the maximum COVID-19 cases as compared to other cities in the state because we identify contact tracing as much as we can. We hospitalised them and put them into isolation, that is why the percentage of COVID-19 cases has increased," Sharma said.
In the last 24 hours, 57 persons tested positive for the novel coronavirus, taking the total case count in Indore to 4,191.
At least 2,266 samples were tested on Tuesday, of which reports of 57 persons came out positive for the infection, a health official told news agency PTI.
Moreover, 3,131 patients have been discharged from different hospitals in the district following their recovery as on Thursday morning.
According to the latest data, the recovery rate in the district was at 74.7 per cent on Thursday, while the fatality rate stood at 4.4 per cent, which is higher than the national average of 3.3 per cent.