COVID-19: Indore records 61 fresh cases; tally rises to 2,299

Indore, May 15 () With 61 new cases in the last 24hours, the COVID-19 count in Madhya Pradesh's Indore districtrose to 2,299, while two more patients succumbed to theinfection, a health official said on Friday.

Indore, one of the districts worst-affected bycoronavirus in the country, recorded 61 fresh cases and twodeaths since Thursday, chief medical and health officer (CMHO)Praveen Jadia said.

Two men, one aged 75 and the other 55 - who werebeing treated at different hospitals in the district -succumbed to the infection on Thursday, he said.

Both patients suffered from high blood pressure andother chronic ailments, the official added.

The latest deaths had taken the toll in the region to98, Jadia said.

As of Friday morning, the mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in the district stood at 4.26 per cent.

At least 1,103 patients in the district had recoveredfrom the infection so far, another official said.

The first four cases of COVID-19 were reported inIndore on March 24, following which a curfew was imposed inthe city the next day. HWP ADU MAS ARURSY RSY