All these cases were reported in Sendhwa town, wherethree patients had been found earlier.
"Samples of 45 persons were collected from Khalwadiarea of Sendhwa, where the positive cases were found earlier.The reports of 28 samples were received today. Of these, ninepersons were found positive," Sub Divisional Magistrate (SDM)of Sendhwa, Ghanshyam Dhangar said.
The task of contact tracing of these people has beenlaunched, he said.
These patients include a health department employee,who lives in the government hospital campus. The samples ofother health workers are also being collected for testing, hesaid.
On Sunday, three persons, including a 13-year girl,had tested positive for novel coronavirus in the same area ofSendhwa.
"They are relatives of a 93-year-old man, who hadarrived here from the UAE on March 13 and died on March 30,"District Collector Amit Tomar had earlier said.
The elderly man, a resident of Sendhwa here, had diedin an Indore hospital. But the authorities are yet to knowwhether his samples have tested coronavirus positive or not. COR ADU MASiNP NP