<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to more than 1 lakh 38 thousand after 1,570 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours.<br />''<br />''With 25 patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll rose to 2,488.<br />''<br />''As per the state health bulletin, 2 thousand 161 coronavirus patients were discharged from the hospitals in the past 24 hours taking the number of recovered cases in the state to around 1 Lakh 18 thousand. There are now 18 thousand 141 active cases in Madhya Pradesh.<br />''<br />''The recovery rate has further improved and reached up to more than 83 per cent. More than 22 lakh 57 thousand tests have been carried out in the state till date, out of which more than 25 thousand tests were carried out yesterday.<br />''<br />''In a district-wise review of Corona infection, the highest 425 new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Indore district followed by 299 cases in Bhopal, 141 in Jabalpur and 70 in Gwalior. </span><br />