Four more deaths were reported in the past 24 hours,taking the toll of COVID-19 patients to 80, according to astate health department bulletin.
The fresh deaths were reported from Ujjain, Dewas,Agar Malwa and Dhar (one each).
One more district, Dindori, was added to the list ofcoronavirus-affected districts after it reported one case.With this, the virus has now expanded its footprint in 27 ofthe 52 districts of the state.
Bhopal registered the highest increase with 31infections, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in the statecapital up to 285, the bulletin said.
Indore continued to remain at top with 915 cases, 18of them added in the last 24 hours, it said.
The health department also revised the data of onedistrict - Gwalior - reducing the COVID-19 positive cases tothree from earlier six, citing "discrepancies" in first andsecond test reports of patients.
Besides Indore and Bhopa), the count of COVID-19 casesrose to 41 in Dhar (five new), 33 in Ujjain (six new), 26 inJabalpur (five new), 20 in Dewas (one new) and 11 in AgarMalwa (three new).
Apart from these districts, Khargone district hasrecorded 41 cases so far, Khandwa 32, Hoshangabad 25, Barwani24, Raisen 24, Morena 16, Vidisha 13, Ratlam 09, Mandsaur 08,Shajapur 06, four each in Sheopur and Chhindwara, three eachin Alirajpur and Gwalior, two each in Shivpuri and Sagar andone each in Betul, Tikamgarh, Rajgarh and Dindori, the healthbulletin said.
One patient hails from another state.
Of the total 80 deaths in the state, 52 were reportedfrom Indore alone.
So far, seven persons each have died in Bhopal andUjjain, six in Dewas, three in Khargone and one each inJabalpur, Chhindwara, Mandsaur, Agar Malwa and Dhar.
So far, 148 COVID-19 patients have recovered andreturned home, health deparment officials said.
They said 452 containment areas have been establishedacross the affected cities to curtail the spread of the highlyinfectious disease. ADUMASRSY RSY