<span style="color: #222222;">Madhya Pradesh government will launch a 'Kill Corona' campaign from July 1 to control the spread of coronavirus in the state. Under the campaign, a door-to-door survey will be conducted and tests would also be done on citizens for other diseases. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan is monitoring the preparations for this campaign during &nbsp;daily review meetings on the corona pandemic.<br />''<br />''During the 15-day 'Kill Corona' campaign in MP, 2.5 lakh tests will be carried out and 15,000 to 20,000 samples would be collected daily. Health department officials informed that the testing capacity in the state will be doubled from 4,000 per 10 lakh people to 8,000 per 10 lakh people.<br />''<br />''The recovery rate in Madhya Pradesh is 76.9 per cent, which is better than the national recovery rate.<br />''<br />''Meanwhile, with 221 new patients in the last 24 hours, the total number of patients has increased to 13 thousand 186 in Madhya Pradesh while 557 patients have died so far. State capital Bhopal reported 35 cases while Indore reported 40 new cases. The number of cases in Indore, the worst-hit district in the state, rose to 4 thousand 615. The state capital has so far reported 2 thousand 740 COVID-19 patients.&nbsp;</span><br />
News On AIR | June 29, 2020 8:47 AM
MP govt to launch 'Kill Corona' campaign from July 1