Fourth IAS officer among 572 Coronavirus infected in Madhya Pradesh

• Bhopal recorded a spike in the number of coronavirus cases after a fourth IAS officer Somesh Mishra was found positive on Sunday (April 12) in Bhopal.
• Earlier, three officers Vijay Kumar, Pallavi Jain Govil and Girish Sharma were also found infected in the city.
• The state has overtaken the country's death rate of 3.25% twice over. The current rate of the state stands at a staggering 7.60%.
  

Bhopal recorded a spike in the number of coronavirus cases after a fourth Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Somesh Mishra was found positive on Sunday (April 12) in Bhopal.

The IAS officer was posted in the Medical Education Department and was admitted to Chirayu Hospital, according to Dainik Bhaskar.

Earlier, three officers Vijay Kumar, Pallavi Jain Govil and Girish Sharma were also found infected in Bhopal. So far 142 people have been infected in Bhopal, while three have died. In Indore, eight new cases were found on Sunday(April 12), and two people died.

MP reports 40 new cases on April 13

40 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Indore, Bhopal, Hoshangabad and Satna districts taking the overall tally to 572 In Madhya Pradesh. Two deaths were reported from Bhopal and Indore on Sunday(April 12) taking the toll to 44 in the state.

Indore reported 25, Bhopal eight, Hoshangabad five and Satna reported two cases till Sunday(April 12) night. Indore's tally stood at 306 while the total in the state capital touched 139. Hoshangabad has so far reported 15 cases overall.

Officials said 16 coronavirus cases were there in Ujjain, 14 each in Morena, Khargone and Barwani, 13 in Vidisha, nine in Jabalpur, six each in Gwalior and Khandwa, four in Dewas. There are two each in Chhindwara, Sheopur and Shivpuri and one each in Betul, Raisen, Dhar, Sagar, Shajapur, Mandsaur and Ratlam.

The dead include 32 from Indore, five from Ujjain, three Bhopal, two Khargone and one each in Dewas and Chhindwara.

With the death of 44 and recovery of 41 patients, 488 active infected patients are left in the state, out of which 474 patients are stable, while 14 were critical.

MP COVID-19 death rate twice that of India's

The alarming acceleration of the COVID-19 death rate in Madhya Pradesh has baffled healthcare officials. There has been a reshuffle of the staff but to little avail.

The state has overtaken the country's death rate of 3.25% twice over. The current rate of the state stands at a staggering 7.60%. A cursory look at the figures reveals the state will have to work overtime to bring it down.

Alarmed by the deaths, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan earlier asked officials to ensure the best medical facility to the virus-hit people to bring down the death rate.

"The patients of the virus should be treated according to the guidelines of the Centre, Chouhan told the officials", an official of the state public relations department said.

Chouhan told officials to register an FIR against people who conceal carrying the virus. He told them that they should be treated and should be tried thereafter, the official said.

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