MP sees 731 new COVID-19 cases, 855 recoveries

Madhya Pradesh on Saturday reported 731 fresh COVID-19 cases, taking count of infections to 2,43,302, health officials said. With nine more people succumbing to viral disease, overall death toll rose to 3,627, y said. A total of 855 patients were discharged from hospitals in last 24 hours, taking state's overall recovery count to 2,30,586.

Of new fatalities, three persons died in Indore, two each in Bhopal and Vidisha while one each succumbed to viral infection in Gwalior and Harda, official said.

Indore reported 183 new cases in day and Bhopal 173. number of cases in Indore rose to 55,320, including 880 deaths, while Bhopal's case tally stood at 39,601 with 581 fatalities. Indore w has 2,835 active cases and Bhopal 1,998. With 26,144 new tests for coronavirus conducted in last 24 hours, overall number of tests in Madhya Pradesh so far has gone up to around 46.96 lakh.

Coronavirus figures in MP are as follows: Total cases 2,43,302, new cases 731, death toll 3,627, recovered 2,30,586, active cases 9089, number of tests so far 46,96,542.