Indore reports two more deaths, total 32
Apr 12, 2020, 13:21 IST
Two more persons have died of coronavirus infection in Indore, taking the toll in the MadhyaPradesh city to 32, officials said on Sunday.After the death of the two patients, aged 75 and 65 years, their sample test reports came out positive for coronavirus, Indore's Chief Medical and Health Officer PraveenJadiya said.
He did not immediately disclose the date of death ofboth the patients.
In the last 48 hours, 49 new cases of coronavirus havebeen found in the city, including a doctor from a privatehospital and a nurse.
With this, the number of COVID-19 patients in Indore,the state's industrial hub, has gone up to 298.
Of these, 32 people, or 10.74 per cent of the totalpatients in Indore, have succumbed to the viral disease.
The death rate of COVID-19 patients in the city hasremained higher than that at the national level for the lastseveral days.
The city administration has imposed curfew in theurban limits of Indore since March 25. HWP ADUGK GK
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He did not immediately disclose the date of death ofboth the patients.
In the last 48 hours, 49 new cases of coronavirus havebeen found in the city, including a doctor from a privatehospital and a nurse.
With this, the number of COVID-19 patients in Indore,the state's industrial hub, has gone up to 298.
Of these, 32 people, or 10.74 per cent of the totalpatients in Indore, have succumbed to the viral disease.
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The city administration has imposed curfew in theurban limits of Indore since March 25. HWP ADUGK GK