Bhopal, Mar 24 (IANS): Coronavirus cases in Madhya Pradesh spread to hitherto untouched areas with Shivpuri and Gwalior districts reporting two positive cases and raising the total to nine on Tuesday, said health officials.

Earlier, six COVID-19 cases were reported from Jabalpur, while a woman was found positive for the viral infection in Bhopal by Sunday.

On Tuesday, a 36-year-old man was tested positive for the coronavirus in Gwalior. A 30-year-old man was found infected in Shivpuri.

The virus-afflicted Gwalior patient returned home last week from Khajuraho in Chhattarpur district, and possibly might have come in contact foreign visitors, said informed sources.

The COVID-19 patient from Shivpuri worked in Dubai. He returned home on March 18, an official said. The condition of all coronavirus patients in the state was stable, officials said.

In a related development, the Madhya Pradesh government, through an order, reserved the Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre to treat COVID-19 patients.