<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, a major decline has been registered in the death rate of the COVID-19 patients in Indore district over the last 20 days.<br />'' <br />'' Indore has been badly hit by the corona outbreak and is currently leading the state's COVID-19 statistics with 1,476 cases and 65 deaths from the infection so far.<br />'' <br />'' AIR correspondent reports, as per government data, as on the morning of April 9, the death rate of COVID-19 patients in Indore district stood at 10.33 per cent.<br />'' <br />'' However, analysis of the latest data, as on April 29, shows that the death rate has declined to 4.43 per cent. However, it is still higher than the national average.<br />'' <br />'' On the other hand, the state government is making every effort to increase the testing of samples so that infection can be detected soon.<br />'' <br />'' Indore Divisional Commissioner Aakash Tripathi informed that at present, more than 400 samples of COVID-19 are being tested every day in a government laboratory of the city.<br />'' <br />'' Some automated testing machines will become operational in this laboratory soon, which will boost our sample testing capacity from 650 to 800.<br />'' <br />'' Apart from government laboratories, samples are also being tested in some recognized private laboratories.<br />'' <br />'' Meanwhile, Forty-three people were discharged yesterday after recovery from the coronavirus infection in Indore, taking the number of such persons in the district to 177.<br />'' <br />'' State Water Resources Minister Tulsiram Silawat has informed that another 200 persons could be discharged soon.<br />''<br />''So far around 461 people have been discharged from the hospital in the state.</span><br />