COVID-19 cases reach 1,681 in Indore; death toll rises to 81

Indore, May 6 () The number of coronavirus cases inIndore rose to 1,681 after 27 more people tested positive forthe disease in the Madhya Pradesh district in last 24 hours,an official said on Wednesday.

The death toll also went up to 81 as two more patientssuccumbed to the viral infection in the district, which isamong the worst hit by COVID-19 in the country, Chief Medicaland Health Officer Praveen Jadia said.

The two victims included a 36-year-old man, who wasalready suffering from diabetes and hypertension, and a 75-year-old man, who had a cardiac disorder.

Till now, 491 patients from Indore have beendischarged after recovery.

As per an analysis of the data, the COVID-19 deathrate in the district was 4.82 per cent till Wednesday morning.

For the last 10 days, the death rate in the district,which is under the COVID-19 red zone, has remained below fiveper cent.

Curfew is in force in the urban limits of Indore sinceMarch 25, after the first coronavirus patient was found in thedistrict. HWP ADU MASGK GK