MP's coronavirus tally nears 4,000-mark; four more die

Bhopal, May 12 () The number of coronavirus casesin Madhya Pradesh shot up to 3,986 on Tuesday as 201 morepeople were found infected by the disease in the last 24hours, while the death toll rose to 225, health officialssaid.

The virus claimed the lives of four more persons sinceMonday night, taking the toll in the state to 225, they added.

Two deaths were reported from Indore and one each fromBhopal and Burhanpur, the officials said.

With Sidhi reporting its first coronavirus case onSaturday, the virus has now spread to a total of 42 districtsin the state.

Of the total number of deaths due to the pandemic,Indore alone has reported 92 fatalities so far. It is theworst-affected district in the state and one of thecoronavirus htspots in the country.

It has so far reported 2,016 confirmed cases, 81 ofthem since Monday night, the officials said.

Since Monday night, 30 new patients were detected inBhopal, followed by 27 in Ujjain, 20 in Khandwa, seven each inNeemuch and Dhar, five in Dewas, four each in Bhind andJabalpur, three each in Khargone, Mandsaur, Gwalior and Morenaand one each in Raisen, Ratlam and Satna, they said.

With this, Bhopal now has 804 cases, Ujjain 264,Jabalpur 137, Khargone 92, Dhar 86, Khandwa 79, Raisen 65,Mandsaur 54, Dewas 53, Neemuch 34, Gwalior 29, Morena 25,Ratlam 24, Bhind eight and Satna five.

The number of cases in other districts is: Burhanpur60, Hoshangabad 37, Barwani 26, thirteen each in Agar Malwaand Vidisha, Sagar 10, Shajapur 8, Chhindwara 5, Sheopur 4,three each in Alirajpur, Anuppur, Harda, Rewa, Shahdol,Shivpuri and Tikamgarh, two each in Ashok Nagar, Dindori,Jhabua and Sehore and one each in Betul, Guna, Mandla, Pannaand Seoni.

Apart from Indore (92) and Bhopal (34), 45 personsdied in Ujjain, eight in Khargone, seven each in Jabalpur,Khandwa and Dewas, six in Burhanpur, four in Mandsaur, threeeach in Raisen and Hoshangabad, two in Dhar and one each inAgar Malwa, Sagar, Shajapur, Chhindwara, Satna, Ashok Nagarand Sehore.

As many as 1,860 people have recovered from theinfection so far and the number of active cases in MP stood at1,901, the officials said.

Madhya Pradesh COVID-19 figures are as follows: Totalcases 3,986, active cases 1,901, new cases 201, deaths 225,discharged 1,860, total number of tested people 80,885. ADU MASRSY RSY