In Madhya Pradesh, another Minister of the State, Water Resources Minister Tulsi Silawat and his wife have tested Corona virus positive. The information was shared by the Minister himself on his Twitter handle. In the tweet, he appealed to those who had come in his contact to get themselves tested.<br />'' <br />''Earlier, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had also tested COVID-19 positive. A couple of days before Chief Minister, State Co-operatives Minister Arvind Singh Bhadoria and some senior functionaries of BJP were also found infected with Corona virus. Meanwhile, an increasing number of patients particularly in Indore are complaining of losing their sense of smell and taste.<br />'' <br />''The Head of the Department of Chest Diseases at Sri Aurobindo Institute of Medical Sciences (SAIMS), Dr Ravi Dosi informed media persons that about 50 per cent of new COVID-19 patients undergoing treatment in the hospital say that their ability to smell and taste has decreased.  In June, the Union Health Ministry had included loss of the sense of smell and taste among the symptoms of COVID- 19. The number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to 29,217. A total of 7058 cases of Corona virus infection have been reported in the Indore. <br />