116 new coronavirus cases in MP, 11 deaths

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116 new coronavirus cases in MP, 11 deaths
Bhopal, May 9 () The number of coronavirus cases inMadhya Pradesh rose to 3,457 on Saturday as 116 persons werefound to have contracted infection, 53 of them in Indore,health officials said.

The pandemic also claimed eleven lives since Fridaynight, which took the death toll in the state to 211, theyadded.

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Five deaths were reported in Bhopal, two in Ujjain andone each from Indore, Burhanpur, Sehore and Sagar, theofficials said.

With Bhind reporting its first coronavirus patient onSaturday, the virus has now spread to 39 out of 52 districtsin the state.

Of the total number of deaths due to the pandemic,Indore alone has reported 87. It is the worst-affecteddistrict in the state, with 1,780 confirmed cases, 53 of themfound since Friday night.

25 new patients were detected in Bhopal, seven inUjjain, five each in Burhanpur, Neemuch and Gwalior, four inKhandwa, three in Jabalpur and one each Khargone, Dhar, Sagarand Satna.

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Bhopal now has 704 cases, Ujjain 227, Jabalpur 119,Khargone 81, Dhar 79, Khandwa 56, Burhanpur 47, Dewas 36,Gwalior 17, Neemuch 10, Sagar six and Satna two.

The number of cases in other districts is: 64 inRaisen, 51 in Mandsaur, 36 in Hoshangabad, 26 in Barwani, 23in Ratlam, 22 in Morena, 13 each in Vidisha and Agar Malwa,eight in Shajapur, five in Chhindwara, four in Sheopur, threeeach in Alirajpur, Anuppur, Harda, Shahdol, Tikamgarh andShivpuri, two in Rewa and one each in Ashok Nagar, Betul,Dindori, Guna Panna, Sehore and Jhabua.

Apart from Indore (87) and Bhopal (29), 45 COVID-19patients have died in Ujjain, eight in Khargone, seven each inKhandwa and Dewas, five each in Jabalpur and Burhanpur, fourin Mandsaur, three each in Hoshangabad and Raisen and one eachin Dhar, Shajapur, Agar Malwa, Chhindwara, Satna, Ashok Nagar,Sehore and Sagar.

The condition of 1,515 patients is stable, while thatof 251 was serious.

1,480 people have recovered from the infection so far.

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The coronavirus figures in MP, thus, are as follows:Total cases 3,457, active cases 1,766, new cases 116, deathtoll 211, recovered 1,480, total number of tested people is68,010. ADU MASKRK KRK
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