195 new coronavirus cases in MP, four deaths

Bhopal, May 16 () The number of coronavirus casesin Madhya Pradesh rose to 4,790 on Saturday as 195 morepeople, including 79 in Indore and 28 in Bhopal, testedpositive for infection, health officials said.

The virs also claimed four more lives since Fridaynight, which took the death toll in the state to 243.

Two COVID-19 patients died in Ujjain while one eachdied in Indore and Mandsaur, officials said.

Indore, the worst-affected district, has reported99 deaths. With 79 new patients, it has reported 2,378confirmed cases so far.

Besides Indore, 28 new patients were detected inBhopal, followed by 27 in Burhanpur, 15 in Khandwa, 12 each inUjjain and Gwalior, seven in Jabalpur, four in Bhind, three inMandsaur, two each in Tikamgarh and Betul and one each inNeemuch, Morena and Sagar.

With this, Bhopal now has 954 cases, Ujjain 296,Jabalpur 175, Burhanpur 149, Khandwa 96, Mandsaur 60, Neemuch50, Morena 26, Sagar 18, Bhind 16, Tikamgarh 5 and Betulthree.

Umaria district recorded its first coronavirus caseson Saturday. The COVID-19 footprints has thus reached 45 outof 52 districts.

The number of cases in other districts is: Khargone99, Dhar 96, Raisen 65, Dewas 58, Hoshangabad 37, Ratlam 28,Barwani 26, Vidisha 14, Agar Malwa 13, Rewa 11, eight each inShajapur and Satna, Jhabua 7, five each in Chhindwara andSehore, three each in Alirajpur, Anuppur, Harda, Shahdol,Shivpuri and Datia, two each in Ashok Nagar and Dindori andone each in Guna, Mandla, Panna, Damoh and Seoni.

Apart from Indore (99) and Bhopal (35), 47 personshave died in Ujjain, nine in Burhanpur, eight each inJabalpur, Khargone and Khandwa, seven in Dewas, five inMandsaur, three each in Raisen and Hoshangabad, two in Dharand one each in Gwalior, Agar Malwa, Sagar, Shajapur, Neemuch,Chhindwara, Satna, Ashok Nagar and Sehore.

As many as 2,315 people have recovered from theinfection so far.

The coronavirus figures in MP, thus, are as follows:Total cases 4,790, active cases 2,232, new cases 195, deathtoll 243, recovered 2,315, total number of tested people is99,677. ADU MASKRK KRK