Korba: A 16-year-old boy, who is a member of Tablighi Jamaat, tested positive for coronavirus in Chhattisgarh's Korba district on Saturday, officials said.
However, it is not clear whether he had attended last month's religious congregation in Delhi's Nizamuddin, they said. This case has taken the number of COVID-19 patients in Chhattisgarh to 10.
However, four of them have been discharged from hospitals following their recovery till Friday, the officials said. The sample of the boy, who had arrived in Katghora town of the district from neighbouring Maharashtra early last month, was sent for testing to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Raipur on April 2, Korba Collector Kiran Kaushal said.