Bhopal, May 4 () With 106 more people testingcoronavirus positive, the number of infected persons in MadhyaPradesh climbed to 2,942 on Monday, while nine patientssuccumbed to the disease - five of them in Ujjain - healthofficials said.
As the virus claimed nine more lives in the statesince Sunday night, the toll went up to 165, they added.
Five of the fatalities were reported from Ujjain, twofrom Burhanpur and one each from Raisen and Indore, theofficials said here.
Of the total number of deaths reported in the state sofar, Indore, one of the top COVID-19 hotspots in the country,alone accounts for 77 fatalities.
Indore has 1,611 confirmed cases, 43 of which wereadded since Sunday night, the officials said.
Thirty-one of the new cases were detected in Bhopal inthe last 24 hours, followed by 16 in Burhanpur, 10 in Ujjain,two each in Jabalpur and Raisen and one each in Morena andSatna, the officials said.
Besides, one more district, Satna, on Monday got addedto the list of COVID-19-affected districts. With this, thenumber of affected districts has gone up to 34 in MadhyaPradesh.
The district-wise number of cases is as follows:Bhopal 563, Ujjain 166, Jabalpur 98, Khargone 77, Raisen 59,Dhar 55, Khandwa 47 , Hoshangabad 36, Mandsaur 36, Barwani 26,Dewas 26, Burhanpur 34, Ratlam 16, Morena 17, Vidisha 13, AgarMalwa 12, Shajapur 7, fiveeach in Sagar, Chhindwara andGwalior, four in Sheopur, three each in Alirajpur, Shahdol andHarda, two each in Shivpuri, Tikamgarh, Rewa and Anuppur andone each Betul, Dindori, Ashoknagar, Panna and Satna.
Two patients undergoing treatment in Madhya Pradeshare from other states.
So far, 165 deaths have been recorded in MP. Of them77 in Indore, 35 in Ujjain, 15 in Bhopal, seveneach inKhargone and Dewas, 6 in Khandwa,three each in Hoshangabad,Burhanpur, Mandsaur, two in Raisen and one each in Jabalpur,Dhar, Shajapur, Agar Malwa, Chhindwara and Ashok Nagar.
The condition of COVID-19 1,860 patients is stable,while that of 61 is serious, the officials said.
A total of 856 people have recovered from the deadlyviral infection, they said, adding the number of active casesstood at 1,921.
Madhya Pradesh COVID-19 figures are as follows: Totalcases 2,942, active cases 1,921, new cases 106, deaths 165,discharged 856, number of people tested 52,095. LAL MASRSY RSY
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