BHOPAL: For the second consecutive day on Sunday 22 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the state.
With these new cases, tally of positive cases reported so far in the state has reached 7,92,259.
It was for the fourth time in past two weeks and for the third consecutive day that more than 15 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the state. Earlier, 18 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the state on August 19.
There were 122 active cases in the state as on September 4 as against 83 active cases on September 1.
New cases were reported in single digits from all the districts of the state and no new case was reported from 47 districts of the state.
Maximum cases were reported from Indore district where nine people tested positive, followed by six in Jabalpur, three in state capital Bhopal and two cases each from Dhar and Anuppur districts. Dhar and Indore reported new cases of Covid-19 on Sunday, while in remaining 13 districts of Indore and Ujjain divisions no person tested positive for the infection. Dhar reported two new cases.
No new deaths were reported from any of the 15 districts of Malwa-Nimar region. In Ujjain division, as none of the districts reported any new case, Covid-19 tally remained at 71160, while 1189 deaths have been reported so far.
On Sunday a positivity rate of 0.03% was reported. Positivity rate is the number of people testing positive out every 100 samples tested.
According to health data on September 5 a total of 69,701 samples were tested of which 22 were found positive. Thus on an average 1 person, out of about 3,000 who were tested, were found to be positive.
A total of 14 people recovered from the disease on Sunday. With these people recovering the number of people who have recovered so far from the disease reached 7,81,621.
No death was reported in the state on Sunday and the death toll due to Covid-19 remained at 10,516.
