MP: Woman dies of COVID-19 in Indore; toll reaches 87

Indore, May 9 () A 55-year-old woman died ofCOVID-19 in Madhya Pradesh's Indore district on Saturday,taking the toll in the region to 87, an official said.

A COVID-19 patient died on Thursday after undergoingtreatment at a city hospital for 10 days, chief medical andhealth officer (CMHO) Praveen Jadia said.

The woman was already suffering from high bloodpressure, sepsis and other ailments, he added.

With 53 persons testing positive for COVID-19 in thelast 24 hours, the count in the district has reached 1,780, ofwhich 732 patients have recovered from the infection, theofficial said.

According to the latest data, the COVID-19 mortalityrate in Indore was 4.89 per cent, which was a decline of 5.44per cent registered last month. HWP ADU MASARU ARU