BHOPAL: The coronavirus cases continue to swell in the state with major cities witnessing a surge in cases. Even small towns are contributing majorly to the Covid-19 caseload. Madhya Pradesh on Monday reported 1701 fresh Covid-19 cases pushing the tally to 194745. With ten new fatalities recorded on the day the toll has climbed to 3172. Three of the ten fatalities occurred in Indore while two persons died in Gwalior. One death each was reported from Bhopal Khargone Sagar Damoh and Harda The corona positivity rate has climbed to 5.6 per cent. With 29926 samples being tested in the state in the last 24 hours the count of Covid-19 detection tests rose to around 35.30 lakh. Two hundred and thirteen samples have been rejected in the state.A total of 1120 patients were discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours raising the number of recoveries to 179237. There are 12336 active cases in the state. Of the 1701 new cases Indore accounted for 586 Bhopal 349 Gwalior 108 and Jabalpur 47. The number of cases in Indore rose to 38247 including 735 deaths while Bhopals case tally stood at 29701 with 506 fatalities. Gwalior so far recorded 14022 infections the officials said. Other districts that recorded corona blast like conditions include Ratlam where 65 positive cases surfaced in the last 24 hours while the single-day figure in Sagar stood at 44 and in Vidisha 37. Similarly Rewa reported 34 positive cases while Khargone and Dewas reported 28 each Sidhi 29 Shivpuri 23 and Dhar 24 positive cases. Neemuch and Balaghat are also not far behind as they reported 17 positives and 15 positives respectively. Five districts like Raisen Mandla Panna Burhanpur and Niwari did not report any positive cases.

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