MP: COVID-19 cases up by 259 to 5,236; death toll 252

Bhopal, May 18 () Madhya Pradesh on Monday reported259 new COVID-19 cases, including 95 from worst-hit Indore,and four deaths, taking the total case count to 5,236 andfatalities to 252, state government officials said.

One death each was reported from Indore, Bhopal,Ujjain and Burhanpur, according to officials.

With 2,565 cases, Indore accounts for nearly half ofthe total 5,236 COVID-19 cases in the state. The latest deathtoll in Indore district stands at 101.

A total of 2,435 people recovered from the viralinfection so far, they said.

Besides Indore, 69 new patients were detected inKhandwa, followed by 38 in Bhopal, 14 in Ujjain, seven inJabalpur and Gwalior, five in Morena, three each in Burhanpurand Rewa, two each in Barwani, Sagar, Bhind and one each inDewas and Ashoknagar, officials said.

With this, Bhopal now has 1030 COVID-19 patients,Ujjain 343,Jabalpur 182, Khandwa 165, Gwalior 65, Morena 34,Burhanpur 152, Rewa 14, Barwani 31, Sagar 21, Bhind 19, Dewas63 and Ashoknagar three.

The remaining cases have figured in other districtsearlier.

Apart from Indore (101) and Bhopal (39), 48 deathshave been reported from Ujjain, 11 from Burhanpur, eight eachfrom Jabalpur, Khargone and Khandwa, seven from Dewas, fivefrom Mandsaur, three each from Raisen and Hoshangabad, twofrom Dhar and one each from Gwalior, Agar Malwa, Sagar,Shajapur, Neemuch, Chhindwara, Satna, Ashok Nagar and Sehore.

The coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Totalcases 5236, active cases 2,549, new cases 259, death toll 252,recovered 2,435, total number of tested people is 1,12,168. LAL MASNSK NSK