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Nine Districts In Madhya Pradesh Declared Covid-19 Free By State Government
Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. (Representative Image) (Imtiyaz Khan/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
In a positive development, nine districts of Madhya Pradesh (MP) have been declared free from COVID-19 by the state government after a review meeting was conducted on Friday (15 May), reports The Hindu.
The nine districts which had earlier reported confirmed cases of COVID-19 but have now been declared free are Barwani, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur, Sheopur, Alirajpur, Harda, Shahdol, Tikamgarh, and Betul.
The State has also scaled up the testing capacity. On Friday alone, the administration collected as many as 5,822 swab samples for testing. Apart from this, in total, the State has conducted testing of 93,849 samples so far.
