44 new coronavirus patients found in MP, count 470, one death
Bhopal, Apr 10 () With 44 persons testing positiveon Friday, the number of coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradeshclimbed to 470, while one more person succumbed to thedisease, taking the death toll to 37,health officials said.
Twenty-one new cases were reported in Bhopal, whichtook the tally of COVID-19 patients in the state capital to119, they said.
Indore has reported the highest 249 cases in the statewith 14 new cases being reported on Friday, they added.
A 65-year-old ayurvedic doctor died in Indore due tocoronavirus infection on Friday.
Two doctors have thus died due to coronavirus inIndore in the last 48 hours.
Three others, aged 52, 65 and 70, respectively, whohad died in the last two days, were confirmed to have had theinfection as reports came on Friday morning, officials said.
The death toll in the state stands at 37, including 27deaths reported in Indore alone.
Five persons have died in Ujjain, two in Khargone, oneeach in Bhopal, Chhindwara and Dewas.
With a case coming to light in Sagar district for thefirst time, the virus has now spread in 20 districts of MadhyaPradesh.
Apart from Indore and Bhopal, Morena district hasrecorded 14 cases, Jabalpur nine, Ujjain 16, Khargone 14,Barwani 14, Gwalior six, Hoshangabad six, Khandwa five, Dewasthree, Vidisha four, Chhindwara and Shivpuri two each andBetul, Sheopur, Shajapur, Raisen, Dhar and Sagar one each.
One patient hails from another state.
So far, 37 persons have been discharged from hospitalsafter their recovery from COVID-19, the officials said.
Among 390 active cases, the condition of 370 patientswas stable, while eight were said to be in a seriouscondition. LAL HWP MASKRK KRK