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The Madhya Pradesh government has declared that nine districts in the State, which had earlier reported COVID-19 cases, were now coronavirus-free.

Additional chief secretary (Health) Mohammed Suleman said that the nine districts- Barwani, Agar-Malwa, Shajapur, Sheopur, Alirajpur, Harda, Shahdol, Tikamgarh and Betul- were now free from the infection.

It was declared during a review meeting held on Friday.

Apart from this, no COVID-19 case has been detected in eight districts of the State so far, Mr. Suleman said.

Testing has been increased in the State, he said, adding that at least 5,822 swab samples were collected on Friday alone, while 93,849 samples have been tested so far.