Chhattisgarh’s Covid-19 count rose to 10,86,207 on Friday with an addition of 5,029 fresh infections while the death toll rose to 13,705 after eight patients succumbed to the infection, the government said.
The state’s average positivity rate was 10.67 percent on Friday.
The number of recoveries reached 10,41,746 after 193 people were discharged from hospitals while 5,808 completed their home isolation during the day.
Chhattisgarh now has 30,756 active cases.
Raipur district reported 1,183 new infections, taking the caseload to 1,81,231, including 3,172 deaths. The district has 7,770 active cases.
Durg recorded 712 cases followed by Raigarh 369, Bilaspur 337, Rajnandgaon 278 and Surguja 204 among other districts.