Four more persons succumbed to the dreaded coronavirus in the city, taking the toll to 18 in Madhya Pradesh on Monday, a health official said.
Three men and a woman have died in the last five days in different hospitals in Indore and their test reports received on Monday revealed they were infected with COVID-19, an official of government-MGM medical college said.
Indore alone now accounts for 13 deaths.
These patients were already suffering from asthma, diabetes, high BP and other ailments before getting infected with COVID-19, he said.
A health bulletin said so far 256 persons in the state have tested positive for COVID-19 and 151 of them are from Indore.
Of the 18 COVID-19 deaths, 13 have been reported from Indore, followed by two from Ujjain and one each from Khargone, Chhindwara and Bhopal.
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