<span style="color: #222222;">In Madhya Pradesh, with 40 more persons testing coronavirus positive in the state, the number of such patients in the state climbed to 1,587.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' So far, 152 patients have recovered from the infection and returned home. As many as 456 containment areas have been declared across the affected cities in the state.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' However, as no fresh COVID-19 death was reported since Tuesday night, the death toll in the state remains 80.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' The virus has now expanded its footprint to 28 out of the total 52 districts in the state with one more district Burhanpur – added in the list.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Bhopal witnessed the sharpest rise with 18 cases, taking the number of COVID-19 cases in the state capital to 303. Indore continues to top the state list with 923 cases.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />'' Meanwhile, in a bid to deter people from stepping out during the COVID-19 lockdown, the Madhya Pradesh government roped in Bollywood actors Ashutosh Rana and Rajpal Yadav to make an appeal to people.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''The Bollywood artists took to the streets of Kotwali area in Jabalpur, asking people to remain indoors to stem the spread of coronavirus.</span>