Indore on Sunday two more deaths due to novel coronavirus, taking the city’s death toll to 32, officials said. According to Indore’s Chief Medical and Health Officer Praveen Jadiya, two patients – aged 75 and 65 died while receiving treatment for COVID-19 after their samples tested positive. He did not immediately disclose the date of death of both the patients. In the last 48 hours, 49 new cases of coronavirus have been found in the city, including a doctor from a private hospital and a nurse.

Indore is one of the COVID-19 hotspots in the country. According to the government data, the number of such patients in the city has increased to 298  in a span of 19 days.

With this, the number of COVID-19 patients in Indore, the state’s industrial hub, has gone up to 298. Of these, 32 people, or 10.74 per cent of the total patients in Indore, have succumbed to the viral disease.

In good news, 7 more people will be discharged from the hospital as they were tested negative for coronavirus for the second time. These patients will be discharged on Sunday afternoon from MRTB Hospital. As many as 29 people have been discharged till Saturday and with these 7 patients, total number would increase to 36.

40 more persons testing positive for coronavirus in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the total number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed to 572, Health department officials said.Simultaneously, four more persons have died in the state, taking the COVID-19 death toll to 44, they said.Two deceased each hailed from Indore and Bhopal.All the four tested positive for the novel coronavirus infection after their deaths, the officials said.Of the total 572 coronavirus positive cases, Indore has reported the highest number of 306 cases, with 25 new additions on Sunday.