MP's COVID-19 cases up by 90 to 3,341; death toll reaches 200

Bhopal, May 8 () The number of coronavirus positivecases in Madhya Pradesh rose to 3,341 on Friday as 90 morepeople were found infected since last night, health officialssaid.

The virus claimed the lives of seven more personssince Thursday night, which took the death toll in the stateto 200, they added.

Three deaths were reported in Indore, two in Bhopaland one each from Ujjain and Jabalpur, the officials said.

As Sehore and Guna reported one coronavirus positivecase each, the virus has spread to total 38 districts acrossthe state.

Of the total number of deaths due to the pandemic,Indore alone has reported 86 fatalities so far. It is theworst-affected district in the state and one of the hotspotsin the country. It has reported 1,727 confirmed cases after 28persons were found positive since last night.

Since Thursday night, 27 new patients were detected inBhopal, followed by 19 in Ujjain, four in Burhanpur, three inRatlam, two each in Khandwa and Dewas and one each inJabalpur, Dhar and Neemuch.

With this, Bhopal now has 679 cases, Ujjain 220,Jabalpur 116, Dhar 78, Khandwa 52, Burhanpur 42, Dewas 32,Ratlam 23 and Neemuch 5.

The number of cases in other districts is: 80 inKhargone, 64 in Raisen, 51 in Mandsaur, 36 in Hoshangabad, 26in Barwani, 22 in Morena, 13 each in Vidisha and Agar Malwa,12 in Gwalior, eight in Shajapur, five each in Chhindwara andSagar, four in Sheopur, three each in Alirajpur, Anuppur,Harda, Shahdol, Tikamgarh and Shivpuri, two in Rewa and oneeach in Ashok Nagar, Betul, Dindori, Panna, Satna and Jhabua.

The health department also corrected the COVID-19positive figure of Dhar district on Friday, reducing it to 51from 52 as declared on Thursday, saying that one of thepatients tested negative in second and third examinationreports.

Apart from Indore (86) and Bhopal (24), 43 personsdied in Ujjain, eight in Khargone, seven each Khandwa andDewas, five in Jabalpur, four each in Burhanpur, and Mandsaur,three each in Hoshangabad and Raisen and one each in Dhar,Shajapur, Agar Malwa, Chhindwara, Satna and Ashok Nagar.

The condition of 1,518 patients is stable, while thatof 274 was serious.

As many as 1,349 people have recovered from theinfection so far and the number of active cases in MP is1,792.

The coronavirus figures in MP, thus, are as follows:Total cases 3,341, active cases 1,792, new cases 90, deathtoll 200, recovered 1,349, total number of tested people is63,705. ADU MASNP NP