<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, the number of COVID-19 cases in the state climbed up to more than 1 lakh 35 thousand after 1,720 new cases were reported in the past 24 hours. With 35 patients succumbing to the infection, the death toll rose to 2,434.<br />''<br />''As per the state health bulletin, 2 thousand 120 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 13 thousand. There are now 19 thousand 372 active cases in Madhya Pradesh.<br />''<br />''Additional chief secretary health, Mohammed Suleman informed that the state government is aiming to test at least 30 thousand per day but Challenge is that people are not readily volunteering for testing and do not report to fever clinics.<br />''<br />''The MP government has also capped the price of tests in private clinics. In MP, 22 lakh tests have been conducted so far. Of the total tests that are being done in the state 60% are RTPCR tests and 40 percent are rapid antigen tests. </span><br />