<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the number of COVID-19 cases in the State has risen to 53,129 after 1,263 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. With 23 patients succumbing to the infection, the COVID death toll has reached 1,229. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">AIR Correspondent reports, as per the State health bulletin, 991 Coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases in the state to 40,390. There are now 11,510 active cases in Madhya Pradesh. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">On the other hand, in a relief for farmers, the State government has extended the last date of paying the premium for the Prime Minister's Crops Insurance Scheme to August 31 in view of the COVID-19 situation. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Meanwhile, the State Health Minister Prabhuram Choudhary yesterday informed that he has tested Coronavirus positive. He shared the information on his Twitter handle. Shri Choudhary is the seventh minister in Madhya Pradesh, besides Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, to test positive for the infection. </span><br />''