<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed to 24 thousand 842 while the death toll mounted to 770. With a sudden spike in the number of Coronavirus cases in the last one week in Bhopal, the State Government announced a 10-day lockdown in the state capital from 25th of July.<br />''<br />''Officials said the average positivity rate in Bhopal in the last seven days was 10.23 per cent which required the government to intervene. Home Minister Narottam Mishra told reporters that e-passes will be required like earlier lockdown for to and fro travel to Bhopal.<br />''<br />''He said the next Cabinet meeting will be held through video conferencing. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said in a tweet message that during this period, the uninterrupted supply of essential commodities including fruits, vegetables, medicines and milk will continue.<br />''<br />''Bhopal has recorded four thousand 669 patients, including 144 who died. Since June 1, as many as one thousand 723 fresh cases have been added in Bhopal.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, a total of 579 persons were discharged from hospitals yesterday taking the number of the recovered cases to 16 thousand 836. </span><br />