Raipur, Jun 11 (PTI) As many as 143 persons, including an Indo Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) personnel, tested positive for coronavirus in Chhattisgarh since previous evening, a health official said on Thursday.

The state's coronavirus count has reached 1,398, though active cases are 971 as 421 people have been discharged and six patients have died, he said.

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97 cases were reported on Wednesday night and 46 on Thursday.

Of the 143 cases, 45 were reported from Bilaspur district, 43 from Korba, 14 from Janjgir-Champa, nine from Raigarh, seven from Mahasamund, six from Rajnandgaon, five from Raipur, three from Durg and two each from Jashpur, Kabirdham and Mungeli districts, he said.

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One case each was reported from Surguja, Surajpur, Bemetara, Jagdalpur and Kondagaon districts, he added.

Kondagaon district recorded its first COVID-19 case with a 52-year-old Sub Inspector of ITBP testing positive, a police official said.

The sub-inspector had returned to Kondagaon from his hometown in Uttar Pradesh on June 3 after availing of leave. He was kept in a quarantine centre at Gundhadhur College hostel, he said.

The ITBP is deployed in the state for anti-naxal operations.

2,71,120 people have been lodged in 20,089 quarantine centres in the state while 57,380 people are in home quarantine.

Chhattisgarh COVID-19 figures are as follows: positive cases-1,398, new cases-143, deaths-6, discharged-421, active cases-971, people tested so far - 96,230.

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