The death toll due to virus rose to 130 with tenCOVID-19 patients dying during the same period, they added.
Three deaths were reported in Ujjain, two each inIndore and Khandwa and one each in Bhopal, Raisen andKhargone.
Of total deaths due to the pandemic in the state,Indore, the worst-affected district, accounts for 65.
It has also had 1,476 confirmed cases with 104 newCOVID-19 positive persons found since last night.
Besides Indore, 25 new patients were detected inBhopal, followed by ten in Khandwa, nine in Khargone, eighteach in Jabalpur and Dhar, four in Ujjain, two in Raisen andone each in Hoshangabad, Dewas and Agar Malwa.
Bhopal now has 483 coronavirus cases, Ujjain 127,Jabalpur 78, Khargone 70, Dhar 48, Raisen 47, Khandwa 46,Hoshangabad 35, Dewas 24 and Agar Malwa 12.
The number of cases in other districts is: Barwani 24,13 each in Morena, Vidisha and Ratlam, nine in Mandsaur, sixin Shajapur, five each in Sagar and Chhindwara, four each inGwalior and Sheopur, three in Alirajpur, two each in Shivpuri,Tikamgarh, Shahdol and Rewa and one each in Betul, Dindori,Harda, Burhanpur and Ashok Nagar.
Overall, COVID-19 cases have been reported from 31districts so far.
Two patients hail from other states.
The condition of 1,918 patients is stable while thatof 51 was serious. 461 people have recovered.
The coronavirus figures from MP, thus, are asfollows: Total cases 2,560, active cases 1,969, new cases 173,death toll 130, recovered 461, total number of tested people33,837. ADU MASKRK KRK