Madhya Pradesh government announced weekend lockdown amid rising Covid-19 cases. Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced the weekend lockdown on Thursday and said, "In the wake of COVID-19 situation, there will be lockdown from 6 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday in all urban areas of MP. For cities where cases have increased, appropriate action will be taken after a meeting of the crisis management group. We're making containment areas in big cities."

On Wednesday, the state reported 4043 new cases of Covid-19 and 13 deaths. Indore, the worst-affected district in Madhya Pradesh, registered 866 cases in a day. Bhopal reported 618 cases, Jabalpur 269 and Gwalior 181.