MP's COVID-19 tally crosses 14,000-mark with 245 fresh infections

The COVID-19 case count in Madhya Pradesh went up to 14,106 on Thursday after 245 more people, including 57 in Morena district, tested positive for the infection, officials said. As the virus claimed eight more lives across the state, the death toll reached 589, they said. While four fatalities were reported from Indore, three others died in Bhopal and one in Morena, the officials said. A total of 160 people were discharged from hospitals



during the day, taking the number of the recovered cases to 10,815, they added. 

Of the 245 fresh cases, the highest count of 57 was reported from Morena district bordering Rajasthan's Dholpur, followed by 54 in Bhopal and 25 in Gwalior, officials said. 

The number of cases in Indore, the worst-hit district, rose by 19 to 4,753 and death toll to 236, the state health bulletin said.