MP's COVID-19 cases cross 2,000-mark; death toll reaches 103

Bhopal, Apr 26 () With as many as 145 peopletesting coronavirus positive in Madhya Pradesh in the last 24hours, 91 of them in Indore, the number of such patients inthe state climbed to 2,090, health officials said on Sunday.

Four more fatalities were also reported since Saturdayevening, taking the death toll in the state to 103, they said.

While two persons succumbed to the infection inUjjain, one each died in Khandwa and Hoshangabad, theofficials said.

Indore, the worst-affected district, alone accountsfor 57 deaths.

Since Saturday night, Indore recorded 91 new infectioncases, followed by Bhopal at 27, Jabalpur at 16, Ujjain atthree, Raisen and Dewas two each and Dewas, Khagone, Ratlamand Mandsaur one each, the officials said.

Indore has the highest tally of COVID-19 cases at1,176, followed by Bhopal (415) and Ujjain (106).

The number of coronavirus cases in Jabalpur has nowclimbed to 59. Khargone has 61 cases, Hoshangabad 32, Raisen28, Dewas 23, Ratlam 13 and Mandsaur has nine cases.

The number of patients in other districts is: Dhar 36,Khandwa 36, Barwani 24, Morena and Vidisha 13 each, Agar Malwa11, Shajapur six, five each in Sagar and Chhindwara, four eachin Gwalior and Sheopur, three in Alirajpur, two each inShivpuri and Tikamgarh and one each in Betul and Dindori.

No fresh cases were found in these districts onSunday.

Two patients being treated in Madhya Pradesh hail fromother states.

Apart from Indore, where 57 people have died due tothe infection so far, 17 patients died in Ujjain, nine inBhopal, six each in Dewas and Khargone, two in Hoshangabad andone each in Jabalpur, Khandwa, Chhindwara, Mandsaur, AgarMalwa and Dhar.

So far, 302 patients have recovered and returned home.

As many as 617 containment zones have been set up inthe affected cities.

Coronavirus figures in Madhya Pradesh, thus, are asfollows: Positive cases 2,090, deaths 103, discharged 302,active patients 1,685, number of people tested so far 38,708. ADU MASNP NP