MP records 49 fresh COVID-19 cases, tally counts 2,837 with 156 deaths

With 49 more people testing coronavirus positive, nine of them in Ujjain, the number of infected persons in Madhya Pradesh climbed to 2,837 on Sunday, health officials said.

As the virus claimed five more lives in the state since Saturday night, the tally of victims went



up to 156, they said.

Three of the fatalities were reported in Ujjain and two in Indore, the officials said.

Of the total number of deaths reported in the state so far, Indore, which is one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country, accounts for 76.