<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the COVID positivity rate increased to 2.5 per cent. With Corona cases surfacing once again, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan directed officials to take preventive measures especially in districts adjoining Maharashtra.  <br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports that Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday recorded 417 fresh COVID cases, while 293 patients recovered from infection.<br />''<br />''No new death linked to COVID-19 was reported in the state. The fatality count stood unchanged at 3,865. No new COVID-19 case was reported in 15 of the total 52 districts in the state.<br />''<br />''Indore reported the highest 156 new infections followed by Bhopal with 90 new cases.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, Health Department officials informed that most of the oxygen and ICU beds are vacant in hospitals. The recovery rate in Madhya Pradesh is 97.4 per cent. </span><br />