bhopal while active cases of covid19 have reduced by more than half in the entire state since january 1 the tribal betul district is the only one among 52 districts of madhya pradesh where active cases have nearly doubled in the same periodoverall there were 9222 active cases in madhya pradesh as on january 1 2021 but as on january 24 it reduced by 5051 and there were only 4171 active cases in the statehowever only two districts both tribal dominated betul and dindori have seen an increase in the number of active cases in the same period though in dindori it has only increased by six cases in betul it has nearly doubledon january 1 there were 93 active cases in betul district as per the state health bulletin released by the directorate of health services on january 24 the figure of active cases increased by 93 to become 186 active casesofficials in the district claim that there were isolated incidents where a large number of patients were found this led to the increase in numbers a trend which is stabilising now chief medical and health officer betul dr pradeep dhakad said there is no particular reason as such at a school in dindori some students tested positive after the opening of schools in ghodadongri actually we had got all students of schools tested for covid19 in one incident a hospital staff in bhimpur tehsil was found positive which led to other staff testing positive thus there were a few such incidences which led to the increase in casesmost importantly we are not hiding any facts and not shying away from testing because it is our priority to find patients if any so that the spread of disease is contained dhakad said