Vindhya region in corona grip

Bhopal: With one person testing positive in Singrauli district late on Monday—all the four districts—Rewa, Satna, Sidhi and Singrauli— of the

Vindhya region

are now Covid-19 infected.

The first case of Vindhya region was reported from Rewa district on May 4. On May 7, two persons tested positive in Satna district. This was followed by three positive cases in Sidhi district on May 12. On May 18, one person tested positive in Sidhi, bringing all the four districts under the grip of Covid infection.

In a press statement issued on Tuesday, district collector of Singrauli, KVS Choudhary, said that the 19-year-old patient had come in a truck from Mumbai and had reached Rajdiha village on May 15. He was kept in home quarantine and when his condition deteriorated, he was admitted to the district hospital on May 16. His test reports, received on Monday night, confirmed him to be positive, the collector said in the statement. The patient was shifted to Rewa for treatment on Tuesday, Choudhary said. It is noteworthy that in Sidhi district too, so far, fivepeople have been tested positive and all are related to the migrant labourers who had returned from other states recently.

In Rewa, it was a local patient who was first tested positive. However, a few migrant labourers also tested positive, taking the count to 14 positive patients. In Satna, a majority among the nine positive patients are migrant labourers, said sources.