raipur giving a new hope in such grim times a 90yearold man recovered after battling covid19 for 14 days in baloda bazars district hospital and has been discharged recentlywhile as per state health officials several cases of infections in persons above 80 years have been reported and only a few are able to survivea nonagenarian srichand bajaj tested positive during mass surveillance on september 27 and was admitted to district hospital on the same daybriefing his health condition baloda bazar chief medical health official dr khemraj sonwani said that during hospitalisation bajajs oxygen level was down at 80 his age and a history of high blood pressure posed extra challenges but the medical team was very careful while treating him though he had no other track of chronic illnesssymptoms of corona started appearing in the lungs after the ct scan during this time he was treated under the supervision of a team of senior doctors his condition was monitored roundtheclock and it started improving a week later giving doctors a moral boost eventually bajaj was discharged on the next day on october 10expressing happiness bajaj said initially i was very nervous but i am grateful the way the medical staff and doctors assured me of speedy recovery and took care of my health this boosted my morale and got courage to fight with the infectious diseasethough sharing his experience bajaj said that he could not see faces of doctors and nurses because they were wearing ppe kits but their voice brought comfort to himmeanwhile coronavirus continues to spread with 2875 cases were reported on monday increasing the tally to 1 45247 with 27421 active casesof these 2875 cases 224 were from raipur 163 from durg 196 from rajnandgaon 113 from balod 32 from bemetara 91 from kabirdham 74 from dhamtari 63 from baloda bazaar 75 from mahasamund 34 from gariyabandh 131 from bilaspur 229 from raigarh 201 from korba 322 from janjgirchampa 36 from mungeli 18 from gaurela pendra marwahi 78 from sarguja 48 from koriya 85 from surajpur 38 from balrampur 40 from jashpur 143 from bastar 85 from kondagaon 55 from dantewada 91 from sukma 93 from kanker 36 from narayanpur 80 from bijapur and one from other state