Summary:
Balaghat, Narsinghpur, Seoni and urban areas of Jabalpur will be put under absolute lockdown from April 12 evening to April 22 6am. With 4986 fresh cases in 24 hours, Madhya Pradesh has attained test positivity rate of 13.2% and registered 24 deaths. On Oxygen consumption growth, the officer said on March 22, the state consumed only 64 metric tonnes of oxygen while on April 8, it mounted to whopping 234 metric tonnes. Though it was steady at 131 metric tonnes from March 22 to April 5. He said there is no shortage as the state has 277 metric tonnes of supply but he hinted towards hoarding of oxygen..