In Madhya Pradesh, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test -NEET is being conducted in 144 centers today. More than 58 thousand candidates in the state are expected to appear in the medical entrance exam. Free vehicles will be provided by the administration to the students to reach examination centers. Last year, this examination was conducted at 84 centers and about 54 thousand candidates appeared.<br />'' <br />''The number of students has increased this year even after COVID-19, while the numbers of examination centers are also almost doubled. NEET will be held at 26 examination centers in capital Bhopal. About 10 thousand candidates will participate in the exam. Around 2 thousand students will come from outside the capital for this exam. In view of the corona pandemic; students must reach the examination center at 12 o'clock, two hours before the commencement of the exam.<br />'' <br />''Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to around 86 thousand after record 2 thousand 347 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. As per the state health bulletin, 1 thousand 462 coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals yesterday taking the number of recovered cases in the state to 64 thousand 398. <br />