Raipur Mar 26 PTI Chhattisgarh on Saturday reported 12 COVID-19 cases taking the states tally to 1152050 while the death toll remained unchanged at 14034 an official said The positivity rate or cases detected per 100 tests stood at 014 per cent he added The recovery count rose to 1137869 after five people completed home isolation during the day leaving the state with 147 active cases he said Surguja recorded six cases followed by two in Raipur and one in Bilaspur among other districts No new coronavirus case was reported in 23 districts on Saturday With 8841 samples examined during the day the numbers of tests carried out so far in Chhattisgarh went up to 17468276 he added A government release said 17548020 people above the age of 18 or 85 per cent of the eligible population have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in the state As on Friday 47 per cent of those in the 15-18 age group had received both doses while precaution doses have been administered to 4 26935 health workers frontline staff and people above 60 years of age Besides 180844 children aged between 12 and 14 years have been given first dose of the vaccine it added The first dose has been administered to 100 per cent of the population above 18 years and 69 per cent of children in the 15-18 segment A total of 19820657 citizens above 18 years and 1128249 children in 15 to 18 age group have received their first dose In the 15-18 segment 7 75166 children have got both doses an official said He said 39110705 doses have been administered so far across the state Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1152050 new cases 12 death toll 14034 recovered 1137869 active cases 147 today tests 8841 total tests 17468276 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Jan 28 PTI A man on the run since November 2020 after allegedly cheating investors has been arrested a Thane police official said on Friday Economic Offences Wing assistant inspector Sameer Shaikh said Aditya Rediz director of a firm that had duped some 10000 people to the tune of around Rs 22 crore including Rs 3538 lakh from a 57-year-old woman was held on a tip off from Badlapur on Wednesday He said the chairperson of the company identified as Arun Gandhi was held earlier and efforts are on to nab Adityas parents Hemant and Manasi who are also directors PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Raipur Dec 25 PTI Chhattisgarhs COVID-19 count reached 1007577 on Saturday with the addition of 37 cases while the death toll remained unchanged at 13597 an official said The recovery count was 993667 after six people were discharged from hospitals and 14 completed home isolation leaving the state with an active tally of 313 he said Raigarh recorded 16 new cases followed by six in Bilaspur and five each in Raipur and Durg No fresh cases were reported in 22 districts With 12999 samples being examined during the day the number of tests in the state went up to 14807931 said the official Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1007577 New cases 37 Death toll 13597 Recovered 993667 Active cases 313 today tests 12999 Total tests 14807931 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Nagpur Dec 25 PTI Over 2500 personnel will be on the ground in Nagpur city to enforce prohibitory orders announced by the Maharashtra government in the state between 9pm and 6am with the aim of curbing the spread of COVID-19 especially amid the Omicron scare a senior official said on Saturday Police Commissioner Amitesh Kumar said the bandobast ground deployment has been finalised as per local requirement and DCPs have been directed to set in place pickets on the roads to keep and eye on markets and other public areas as well as monitor the citys eight entry points There will be 2500 police personnel on bandobast duty to enforce the 9pm to 6am rule he said Meanwhile District Collector R Vimala visited AIIMS Government Medical College and Hospital GMCH and Mayo Hospital to take stock of the preparedness to tackle any possible rise in COVD-19 cases PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Raipur Dec 20 PTI Chhattisgarhs COVID-19 tally reached 1007412 on Monday after 13 cases were detected while the death toll remained unchanged at 13595 an official said The recovery count stood at 993513 as 13 people were discharged from hospitals and 28 completed home isolation leaving the state with an active tally of 304 he said Raipur and Durg recorded three new cases each followed by two in Bilaspur No fresh cases were reported in 21 districts With 19762 samples being examined during the day the number of coronavirus tests conducted in Chhattisgarh went up to 14707845 the official added Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1007412 New cases 13 Death toll 13595 Recovered 993513 Active cases 304 Tests today 19762 Total tests 14707845 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Raipur Nov 26 PTI Chhattisgarhs COVID-19 tally reached 1006706 on Friday as 33 new cases came to light while the death toll remained unchanged at 13593 an official said The number of recoveries rose to 992794 after nine people were discharged from hospitals and 17 completed home isolation during the day leaving the state with 319 active cases he said Raigarh recorded 11 new cases followed by five in Raipur No fresh cases were reported in 20 districts With 25026 samples being examined during the day the number of coronavirus tests conducted so far went up to 14188115 he added Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1006706 New cases 33 Death toll 13593 Recovered 992794 Active cases 319 today tests 25026 Total tests 14188115 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Raipur Nov 22 PTI Chhattisgarhs COVID-19 tally reached 1006577 on Monday with the addition of 35 cases while the death toll remained unchanged at 13592 an official said The recovery count stood at 992681 after 10 people were discharged from hospitals and 16 completed home isolation leaving the state with an active tally of 304 he said Durg recorded six new cases followed by four in Dhamtari and two in Raipur No fresh cases were reported in 14 districts With 22242 samples being examined during the day the number of tests conducted in Chhattisgarh so far went up to 14087965 he added Chhattisgarhs coronavirus figures are as follows Positive cases 1006577 New cases 35 Death toll 13592 Recovered 992681 Active cases 304 today tests 22242 Total tests 14087965 PTI COR BNM BNM BNM

Thane Aug 31 PTI BJP leader Pravin Darekar on Tuesday said the attack on a senior woman official of the Thane Municipal Corporation during an anti-hawking drive a day earlier was due to political support and organised crime and demanded that the accused be charged under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act MCOCA Assistant Municipal Commissioner Kavita Pimpale and her bodyguard were attacked by a knife-wielding hawker identified by police as Amar Yadav while she was overseeing the removal of unauthorised hawkers in Kasarvadavli junction on Monday evening leading to three of her fingers getting severed Darekar the leader of opposition in the state legislative council who met the official in hospital said Registering an offence of murder against the accused will not suffice He must be charged under MCOCA Look at his courage to carry a knife around and attack a civic official This is nothing but a result of political support and organised crime He added that a draft policy on hawkers that was made during the previous BJP government under Devendra Fadnavis must be finalised by the MVA government on priority Meanwhile Thane Additional Collector Vaidehi Ranade said the case must be tried in a fast-tract court adding that the attack had demoralised 40000 government and civic staff in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Several government and civic employees on Tuesday held an emergency meeting at the collectorate here to condemn the incident PTI COR BNM BNM BNM