<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the numbers of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to around 1 lakh 20 thousand after 2 thousand 311 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. With 29 patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll rose to 2 thousand 181.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">As per the state health bulletin, 2 thousand 252 coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases in the state to around 95 thousand 490. <br />''<br />''There are now 22 thousand 228 active cases in Madhya Pradesh. Meanwhile, parole granted to 3 thousand 900-odd inmates of Madhya Pradesh jails in view of the Coronavirus outbreak has been extended by 60 more days and they are now expected to be back in their cells only after November-end. <br />''<br />''The state has around 43 thousand inmates in 125 jails, of which 39 hundred odd were given parole and 3 thousand were granted interim bail. Around 1,000 inmates had tested positive for novel Coronavirus in the state and the number of active cases stood at 140, while a district jail official succumbed to COVID-19. </span><br />