Bhopal: With 181 more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh, their tally climbed to 938 on Wednesday, health officials said.
However, no fresh death was reported in the past 24 hours in the state, where the fatality count stood at 53, they said. The viral disease expanded its footprint to two new districts, taking their number to 26 out of the total 52 districts in the state.
COVID-19 patients were detected for the first time in Agar Malwa and Alirajpur districts on Wednesday, they said. Worst-hit Indore's tally rose to 544 cases with the addition of 117 new cases in the last 24 hours, the officials said. "A report from a Delhi-based laboratory has found 117 more people of Indore infected with the coronavirus.