<p>The Madhya Pradesh government will launch a 'Kill Corona' campaign from July 1 to control the spread of coronavirus in the state.</p>.<p>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 said during a virtual review meeting on the Covid-19 pandemic on Saturday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>Chouhan said during the 15-day campaign, 2.5 lakh tests will be carried out and 15,000 to 20,000 samples would be collected daily, according to a press release.</p>.<p>He said the testing capacity will be doubled from 4,000 per 10 lakh people to 8,000 per 10 lakh people.</p>.<p>Chouhan said the states Covid-19 recovery rate was 76.9 per cent, while the national recovery rate was 58.1 per cent.</p>.<p>The Covid-19 growth rate in the state was 1.44 per, which is less than half of the national average of 3.69 per cent, he said.</p>.<p>The virus positivity rate in the state was 3.85 per cent as against the national positivity rate of 6.54 per cent, the chief minister said.</p>.<p>Till Saturday, Madhya Pradesh reported 12,965 Covid-19 cases and 550 deaths due to the disease. </p>
<p>The Madhya Pradesh government will launch a 'Kill Corona' campaign from July 1 to control the spread of coronavirus in the state.</p>.<p>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 said during a virtual review meeting on the Covid-19 pandemic on Saturday.</p>.<p><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-india-deaths-covid-19-tally-maharashtra-karnataka-delhi-mumbai-bengaluru-icmr-worldometer-info-851629.html" target="_blank"><strong>Follow live updates on coronavirus here</strong></a></p>.<p>Chouhan said during the 15-day campaign, 2.5 lakh tests will be carried out and 15,000 to 20,000 samples would be collected daily, according to a press release.</p>.<p>He said the testing capacity will be doubled from 4,000 per 10 lakh people to 8,000 per 10 lakh people.</p>.<p>Chouhan said the states Covid-19 recovery rate was 76.9 per cent, while the national recovery rate was 58.1 per cent.</p>.<p>The Covid-19 growth rate in the state was 1.44 per, which is less than half of the national average of 3.69 per cent, he said.</p>.<p>The virus positivity rate in the state was 3.85 per cent as against the national positivity rate of 6.54 per cent, the chief minister said.</p>.<p>Till Saturday, Madhya Pradesh reported 12,965 Covid-19 cases and 550 deaths due to the disease. </p>