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In Madhya Pradesh, the State Government has clarified that increase in the number of COVID-19 patients in Indore and Bhopal is not a matter of great concern.
The total number of Corona patients in the state has reached to around 1,200. So far, 55 patients have died of infection while 65 have recovered. There are 842 patients in Indore and 197 in Bhopal.
Mohammad Suleman Additional Chief Secretary of Public Health and Family Welfare Department informed that earlier tests were not being done but now a large number of tests are being conducted.
The authorities have divided the state in three categories. More-affected places like Indore, Bhopal and Ujjain are placed in the first category, places with lesser number of infected persons are in the second category and places with no infected cases are in the third category.
The places in the first category have been sealed so that infection doesn’t go out from there; efforts of controlling infection through hotspot, epicentres and containment areas are also being made.
In Indore, 3.9 lakh people have been surveyed so far and city has been divided in 11 zones. 489 teams are deployed for health survey of people. Officials said that 80 per cent of the patients in Indore come from three to four localities and the pandemic would soon be under control.